1 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:09,109 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:09,109 --> 00:00:12,846 WELCOME TO THE 68th MEETING OF 3 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:14,381 THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 4 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:18,385 FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 5 00:00:18,385 --> 00:00:18,752 BIOENGINEERING. 6 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:20,186 I'M ANNA TAYLOR, ASSOCIATE 7 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:23,924 DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH 8 00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:24,791 ADMINISTRATION, ACTING DEPUTY 9 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:25,992 DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE 10 00:00:25,992 --> 00:00:26,259 SECRETARY. 11 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:28,194 I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM 12 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,829 WELCOME TO FIVE NEW MEMBERS HERE 13 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:34,601 FOR THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL 14 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:34,834 MEETING. 15 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:38,972 THEY INCLUDE RAFAL WILBUR, 16 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:39,906 TYRONE, CHRISTINE, TAMARA, WE'RE 17 00:00:39,906 --> 00:00:42,008 SLIGHTED YOU'RE ON BOARD 18 00:00:42,008 --> 00:00:43,109 OFFICIALLY. 19 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:49,516 WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF 20 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:52,285 DEPARTING MEMBERS, FAMILIAR 21 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:53,553 FACES. 22 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:55,689 TEJAL AND RAFAEL'S OFFICIAL 23 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:58,391 TERMS RUN IN JULY THEY HAVE 24 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:00,193 GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO EXTEND 25 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:02,696 THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2026 PENDING 26 00:01:02,696 --> 00:01:04,331 APPROVAL. 27 00:01:04,331 --> 00:01:06,833 AND FOR THOSE WONDERING WHY 28 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:10,036 RAFAEL IS HERE, FIRST AND LAST 29 00:01:10,036 --> 00:01:16,576 MEETING, BROUGHT ON BOARD TO 30 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:17,777 COMPLETE A TERM WHEN RECRUITED, 31 00:01:17,777 --> 00:01:21,614 SO ON BEHALF OF BRUCE, NIBIB, 32 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:23,049 AND COMMUNITY WE SUPPORT I WANT 33 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:24,584 TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR 34 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:24,818 SERVICE. 35 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:28,621 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON IN 36 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:29,689 SEPTEMBER. 37 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:30,724 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LET'S GET 38 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:34,461 STARTED WITH A FEW POINTS OF 39 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:34,728 ORDER. 40 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:35,628 REMINDER, THIS PORTION OF THE 41 00:01:35,628 --> 00:01:41,868 MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 42 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:45,372 AND IS BEING LIVE BROADCAST AND 43 00:01:45,372 --> 00:01:46,106 ARCHIVED. 44 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,074 TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD 45 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,209 VIRTUALLY, PRESENTERS ARE 46 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:51,111 PARTICIPATING IN TEAMS VIDEO 47 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:51,411 CONFERENCE. 48 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:53,313 LATER IN THE DAY WE'LL HAVE 49 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:57,117 CLOSED SESSION FOR THE REVIEW OF 50 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:57,684 PENDING GRANT APPLICATIONS. 51 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:59,386 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH 52 00:01:59,386 --> 00:02:00,820 TO EXPRESS VIEWS REGARDING ANY 53 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:02,022 OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSS DURING 54 00:02:02,022 --> 00:02:03,690 THIS MEETING MAY DO SO IN 55 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:06,626 WRITING WITHIN THE NEXT TEN DAYS 56 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:13,733 BY E-MAILING ME AT 57 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:15,802 INFO@NIBIB.NIH.GOV. 58 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:21,441 AGAIN, INFO@NIBIB.NIH.GOV. 59 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:24,444 NIBIB COUNCIL IN THE SUBJECT 60 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:25,879 LINE OF THE E-MAIL. 61 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:27,514 A FEW REMINDERS FOR THOSE ON 62 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:31,117 TEAMS, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF IF 63 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:32,318 NOT SPEAKING. 64 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,153 FOR THOSE PRESENTING, PLEASE 65 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:37,590 TURN ON YOUR CAMERA WHEN 66 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:39,893 PRESENTING, TURN OFF VPN SO WHEN 67 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:41,227 YOU SHARE SLIDES FROM THE LOCAL 68 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:41,528 FILE. 69 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:43,430 WHEN WE HAVE A PRESENTER SHARING 70 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:46,466 SLIDES, WE ASK THAT YOU TURN OFF 71 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:47,867 YOUR CAMERA TO PRESERVE 72 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:48,601 BANDWIDTH AND AT THE BEGINNING 73 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:51,938 OF THE Q&A YOU CAN TURN YOUR 74 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:52,739 CAMERAS BACK ON. 75 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:55,141 IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL 76 00:02:55,141 --> 00:02:58,778 DIFFICULTIES, REACH OUT TO 77 00:02:58,778 --> 00:02:59,012 SUPPORT. 78 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,915 WE HAVE A TEAM OF PEOPLE 79 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:04,250 STANDING BY TO PROVIDE 80 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:04,818 ASSISTANCE. 81 00:03:04,818 --> 00:03:06,086 WE HAVE DISABLED CHAT AND 82 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:09,489 REACTION FUNCTIONS FOR THIS 83 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:09,722 MEETING. 84 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:13,626 AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED DOES 85 00:03:13,626 --> 00:03:17,163 ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 86 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:17,764 OKAY. 87 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:20,266 HEARING NONE, I'D LIKE TO NOTE 88 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:23,870 FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE A QUORUM 89 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:25,505 FOR TODAY'S MEETING. 90 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:30,143 ALL OF OUR EX OFFICIOS ARE HERE, 91 00:03:30,143 --> 00:03:32,479 SAVE ONE, DR. HO IS ABSENT 92 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:33,079 TODAY. 93 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:35,248 REMINDER THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE 94 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,617 GOVERNED BY FEDERAL ADVISORY 95 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:38,751 COMMITTEE ACT, FACA, GOVERNMENT 96 00:03:38,751 --> 00:03:41,087 IN THE SUNSHINE ACT. 97 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:42,722 THEREFORE, THIS MEETING IS 98 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,390 ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC, FEDERAL 99 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:45,058 REGISTER, CONSISTS OF A PORTION 100 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:49,395 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND A PORTION 101 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:55,068 CLOSED FOR DISCUSSION FOR 102 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:55,401 APPLICATIONS. 103 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:56,369 WE ANTICIPATE ENDING OPEN 104 00:03:56,369 --> 00:03:58,671 SESSION ROUGHLY AT 3:30. 105 00:03:58,671 --> 00:04:01,574 WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. 106 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:07,113 YOU SHOULD SEE FUTURE COUNCIL 107 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:09,616 MEETING DATES IN THE ECB. 108 00:04:09,616 --> 00:04:10,717 PLEASE REVIEW THESE DATES WHEN 109 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:13,119 YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND LET ME 110 00:04:13,119 --> 00:04:14,654 KNOW IF YOU SEE CONFLICTS FOR 111 00:04:14,654 --> 00:04:16,422 THOSE DATES BUT AS BRUCE 112 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:17,423 MENTIONED WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE 113 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:21,227 OUR NEXT MEETING IN PERSON IN 114 00:04:21,227 --> 00:04:22,862 SEPTEMBER ON THE 16th. 115 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:27,934 SO, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. 116 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,936 BEFORE WE GET INTO A 117 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:33,773 PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, WE 118 00:04:33,773 --> 00:04:35,408 HAVE A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. 119 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:37,610 FIRST OF THESE IS A VOTE ON THE 120 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:39,112 MINUTES FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 121 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:40,680 MEETING WHICH WERE MADE 122 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,418 AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE ECB. 123 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:47,120 SO IN PREPARATION FOR VOTING I 124 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,556 ASK COUNCIL MEANS TO PLEASE 125 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:53,426 UNMUTE YOURSELF FOR THE VOTE. 126 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:55,628 AND UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY 127 00:04:55,628 --> 00:04:57,363 COMMENTS OR QUALIFICATIONS I 128 00:04:57,363 --> 00:05:01,501 WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO 129 00:05:01,501 --> 00:05:05,371 APPROVE THE MINUTES. 130 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:06,105 >> SO MOVED. 131 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:07,507 >> SECOND? 132 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,241 >> SECOND. 133 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:08,741 >> SECOND. 134 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:10,743 >> AL THOSE IN AGREEMENT SAY 135 00:05:10,743 --> 00:05:11,344 AYE. 136 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:13,613 >> AYE. 137 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:15,114 >> AYE. 138 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:15,381 >> AYE. 139 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:18,284 >> AYE. 140 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:19,786 >> ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. 141 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:21,287 CONGRATULATIONS, WE PASSED OUR 142 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:24,090 FIRST MOTION TODAY. 143 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,058 THANK YOU. 144 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:27,694 NOW THAT WE'RE WARMED UP, WE'RE 145 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:29,996 GOING TO MOVE TO THE COUNCIL 146 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:30,930 OPERATING PROCEDURES WHICH ARE 147 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:34,133 REQUIRED TO VOTE ON ANNUALLY. 148 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:36,436 SHOULD HAVE VOTED IN JANUARY BUT 149 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:38,338 WE'LL VOTE ON THEM TODAY. 150 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,639 THESE OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE 151 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:43,443 THE GROUND RULES FOR HOW NIBIB 152 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:45,345 INTERACTS WITH YOU, THE COUNCIL, 153 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:46,813 OUTLINES ACTIONS WE BRING BEFORE 154 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:51,651 YOU AND THOSE WE CAN TAKE 155 00:05:51,651 --> 00:05:52,252 INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT YOUR 156 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:53,653 APPROVAL. 157 00:05:53,653 --> 00:05:56,689 LIKE THE MINUTES THE COUNCIL 158 00:05:56,689 --> 00:05:59,459 OPERATING PROCEDURES WERE MADE 159 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,060 AVAILABLE IN THE ECB, AND WE DID 160 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:05,565 MAKE ONE MINOR CHANGE IN THE 161 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:06,032 OPERATING PROCEDURES. 162 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:07,634 THE CHANGE PERMITS US TO SEND AS 163 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:10,069 EARLY CONCURRENCE A BROADER 164 00:06:10,069 --> 00:06:13,640 RANGE OF APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR 165 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:13,973 CONSIDERATION. 166 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:19,112 PREVIOUSLY DID NOT SEND 167 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,346 APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE 168 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:21,581 CONCURRENCE PROCESS, INCLUDING 169 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:23,516 THINGS LIKE ANIMAL OR HUMAN 170 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:24,284 SUBJECTS CONCERNS. 171 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:26,152 HOWEVER, NIH STAFF ARE REQUIRED 172 00:06:26,152 --> 00:06:28,421 TO RESOLVE THESE CONCERNS PRIOR 173 00:06:28,421 --> 00:06:31,057 TO MAKING AN AWARD, WE THOUGHT 174 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:31,924 THIS WOULD BE A REASONABLE 175 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:35,561 CHANGE AND MAY HAVE THE ADDED 176 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:37,664 BENEFIT ALLOWING US TO EXPEDITE 177 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:39,699 THE AWARD OF MORE APPLICATIONS. 178 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:40,533 DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR 179 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:42,035 ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU 180 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:45,204 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THE 181 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:50,576 OPERATING PROCEDURES? 182 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:55,148 HEARING NONE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION 183 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:55,648 TO APPROVE. 184 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:57,784 >> SO MOVED. 185 00:06:57,784 --> 00:07:01,387 >> JOYCE IS ON FIRE TODAY. 186 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:01,654 SECOND? 187 00:07:01,654 --> 00:07:02,255 >> SECOND. 188 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:04,057 >> SECOND. 189 00:07:04,057 --> 00:07:04,357 >> SECOND. 190 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:06,059 >> ALL OPPOSED? 191 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,660 I SHOULD SAY ALL IN FAVOR, 192 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:11,130 EXCUSE ME. 193 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:12,165 >> AYE. 194 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:12,432 >> AYE. 195 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,200 >> ANY OPPOSED? 196 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:18,338 THANK YOU FOR THE APPROVAL OF 197 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,238 THE OPERATING PROCEDURES. 198 00:07:19,238 --> 00:07:23,776 LASTLY, BEFORE WE GET TO TODAY'S 199 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:26,713 MAIN EVENT WE'LL CONSIDER THE 200 00:07:26,713 --> 00:07:28,314 INCLUSION REPORT, WE SHARED THIS 201 00:07:28,314 --> 00:07:30,516 WITH YOU BY E-MAIL AS PART OF 202 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:32,352 EARLY CONCURRENCE PROCESS AS 203 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:36,556 WELL AS ECB, HOWEVER WE RECEIVED 204 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:37,190 CLARIFICATION IN REQUIREMENTS 205 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:40,760 SUCH THAT BE CONSIDERED IN OPEN 206 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:40,993 SESSION. 207 00:07:40,993 --> 00:07:43,129 THIS IS A REQUIRED PERIODIC 208 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,697 REPORT, EVERY THREE YEARS, 209 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:45,965 DETAILING NIBIB'S COMPLIANCE 210 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:47,100 WITH NIH POLICIES OF THE 211 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:50,470 INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND 212 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:55,975 MINORITIES IN STUDY POPULATIONS 213 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:58,044 I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO 214 00:07:58,044 --> 00:07:59,312 PREPARED THE REPORT AND 215 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:00,813 CHRISTINE COOPER FOR ENSURING 216 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,949 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 508 OF 217 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:04,650 THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, 218 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,586 WHICH MAKES MATERIALS PRODUCED 219 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:08,988 BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 220 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,089 ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. 221 00:08:10,089 --> 00:08:11,257 I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMMENTS FROM 222 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:14,060 YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 223 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:18,865 BUT I'LL TAKE A MOMENT IN CASE 224 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:22,668 ANYBODY HAS ANY. 225 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:23,102 OKAY. 226 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:24,437 HEARING NO COMMENTS AT THIS 227 00:08:24,437 --> 00:08:27,073 POINT I WILL TURN OVER THE 228 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:31,110 MEETING TO BRUCE FOR HIS UPDATE. 229 00:08:31,110 --> 00:08:31,544 >> THANKS, ANNA. 230 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:41,988 I WILL LAUNCH MY SLIDES. 231 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,428 HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN SEE 232 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:49,095 THAT. 233 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,798 THANKS FOR GOING OVER THOSE 234 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:52,398 THINGS. 235 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:53,666 SOME THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED, 236 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:53,966 OTHERS HAVE. 237 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:55,668 WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN THE 238 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:56,536 DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 239 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:58,971 I FEEL LIKE THE NARRATOR FOR A 240 00:08:58,971 --> 00:09:00,139 CONTINUING TV SERIES, YOU KNOW, 241 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:03,843 THAT STARTS OUT WITH PREVIOUSLY 242 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:06,179 ON NIBIB COUNSEL ... WE JUMPED 243 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:08,381 ON 15 MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES 244 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,583 BEFORE THE START AND SAID, WELL, 245 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,218 THERE'S A NEW ADMINISTRATION, WE 246 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:13,886 DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH, 247 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:16,155 BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE 248 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:17,757 CHANGING. 249 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,792 THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN 250 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:20,293 ADMINISTRATIONS. 251 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,494 SO THAT WAS THAT MESSAGE THEN 252 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:25,865 AND WE LEARNED A LOT MORE NOW. 253 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:28,167 WE'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU KIND 254 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:29,101 OF THE BIG PICTURE ISSUES OF 255 00:09:29,101 --> 00:09:31,737 MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE 256 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:32,572 CHANGED. 257 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:37,109 BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT 258 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:41,214 TO US, NIBIB PROGRAM OFFICERS, 259 00:09:41,214 --> 00:09:41,814 LEADERSHIP, AND SO FORTH, 260 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:43,850 BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 261 00:09:43,850 --> 00:09:44,984 LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND WE 262 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:46,886 PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO 263 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:49,422 ANSWER THEM FOR VARIOUS REASONS, 264 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:53,159 ALL OF THEM DURING THIS REPORT. 265 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:56,429 SO, WE ENCOURAGE YOU, WE REALLY 266 00:09:56,429 --> 00:10:01,067 APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS AND 267 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:04,537 GUIDANCE AND MORE THAN EVER I 268 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,839 THINK RIGHT NOW, BUT ALSO HAVING 269 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:07,940 AS FULL AN UNDERSTANDING OF MANY 270 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:10,676 OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON 271 00:10:10,676 --> 00:10:12,311 ACROSS THE NIH, AND ACROSS 272 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:13,713 FEDERAL AGENCIES, IT IS 273 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,915 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN GENERAL 274 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,250 FOR OUR SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, SO 275 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:20,186 WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO HELP SHARE 276 00:10:20,186 --> 00:10:22,154 THOSE INSIGHTS WITH YOU THROUGH 277 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:25,224 A VARIETY OF CHANNELS AND IF YOU 278 00:10:25,224 --> 00:10:26,959 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, DON'T 279 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:30,196 HESITATE TO CALL OR TEXT ME OR 280 00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:32,098 ANY OF US HERE. 281 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:34,300 WE'RE VERY EAGER TO TALK TO YOU 282 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:34,934 MORE. 283 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:38,004 JUST STARTING OFF, YOU KNOW, I 284 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:42,708 ALWAYS REALLY LIKE TO 285 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,810 ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COUNCIL 286 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:46,245 ORGANIZATION, THEIR EFFORTS, TO 287 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:48,447 BRING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. 288 00:10:48,447 --> 00:10:50,483 IT'S REALLY EVEN MORE 289 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:51,951 CHALLENGING WHEN IT'S IN PERSON. 290 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:54,420 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 291 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:56,856 HOPEFULLY ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE 292 00:10:56,856 --> 00:11:01,327 AND THE SLIDE TEAM, ASHA, 293 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,763 KHALIL, IMMENSELY PRODUCTIVE AND 294 00:11:03,763 --> 00:11:03,996 HELPFUL. 295 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:07,033 THIS PROCESS BRINGS OUR ENTIRE 296 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:07,867 INSTITUTE TOGETHER HAS EVERYBODY 297 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:09,101 PUTS SLIDES TOGETHER THEY WANT 298 00:11:09,101 --> 00:11:13,406 TO BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED, 299 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:16,042 AND SO, YOU KNOW, LEGEND HAS IT 300 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,677 THAT WE SCHEDULE ABOUT A 301 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:19,445 ONE-HOUR MEETING TO GO OVER 302 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:20,746 THOSE, MAYBE AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF, 303 00:11:20,746 --> 00:11:22,782 AND I MAKE IT GO THREE HOURS. 304 00:11:22,782 --> 00:11:24,784 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN EVER 305 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:29,689 BRING IT IN UNDER TIME. 306 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:32,124 BUT IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT 307 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:34,093 CHANCE FOR US TO COMMUNICATE AND 308 00:11:34,093 --> 00:11:35,127 SHARE INFORMATION. 309 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:38,064 OF COURSE OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP 310 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:40,232 TEAM, ANNA JUST -- WELL, NOT 311 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:43,736 RECENTLY JOINING, IT'S BEEN 312 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:48,741 SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, CHRIS, MANU, 313 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:50,610 KRIS, RICHARD. 314 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,745 I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 315 00:11:52,745 --> 00:11:55,715 FIRST OF ALL, PAM IS RETIRING. 316 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:58,184 AND SHE HAS WORKED AT NIBIB 317 00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:00,286 SINCE 2006, JUST A FEW YEARS 318 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:01,487 AFTER WE WERE ESTABLISHED. 319 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:03,889 AND WHEN I JOINED COUNCIL, PAM 320 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:06,158 WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO I 321 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:09,495 STARTED TO WORK WITH AND MADE MY 322 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:11,497 LIFE JUST SO MUCH SIMPLER AND 323 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:13,299 HELPED ME THROUGH SO MANY 324 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:13,666 THINGS. 325 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:16,602 I COULD TALK A BIT ABOUT PAM BUT 326 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:19,405 I WANT TO TALK -- PASS IT OVER 327 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,774 TO DAVE AND ANNA WHO WILL HAVE 328 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:24,677 SOME REFLECTIONS ABOUT PAM. 329 00:12:24,677 --> 00:12:28,014 >> WELL, I WILL JUST -- I LET 330 00:12:28,014 --> 00:12:29,448 DAVE SAY THE MOST BECAUSE HE 331 00:12:29,448 --> 00:12:31,117 WORKED WITH PAM THE MOST BUT I 332 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:35,855 THINK PAM IS PROBABLY THE PERSON 333 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,490 A THE NIBIB BESIDES BRUCE 334 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:39,759 COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THE BEST. 335 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,863 AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I 336 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:45,164 FIRST MENTIONED SHE'S THE PERSON 337 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:50,503 THAT HELPS PUT ALL OF THIS 338 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,238 TOGETHER AND MAKES YOUR LIVES 339 00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:53,039 EASIER, MINE AS WELL. 340 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:56,008 I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 341 00:12:56,008 --> 00:13:02,581 THINGS NOT GETTING DONE BECAUSE 342 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:04,016 IRKNOW BETWEEN PAM AND AISHA, 343 00:13:04,016 --> 00:13:06,118 THEY HAVE IT COVERED. 344 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,921 IT'S WONDERFUL TO NOT HAVE TO 345 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:13,392 QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THINGS 346 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:14,694 WILL BE SMOOTH. 347 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,095 SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, 348 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:17,697 PAM, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE SINCE 349 00:13:17,697 --> 00:13:19,098 I'VE BEEN HERE. 350 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:23,102 I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST 351 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:24,804 IN RETIREMENT AND I HOME THAT 352 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:28,174 EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RETIRED YOU 353 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,109 STILL BRING OCCASIONAL BRISKET 354 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:33,446 BECAUSE PAM MAKES DELICIOUS 355 00:13:33,446 --> 00:13:33,779 BRISKET. 356 00:13:33,779 --> 00:13:34,747 SO, CONGRATULATIONS, PAM. 357 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:38,918 AND WISHING YOU NOTHING BUT THE 358 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:40,486 BEST. 359 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:41,187 DAVID? 360 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,621 >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, I WOULD 361 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:44,356 HAVE MADE ALL THOSE POINTS. 362 00:13:44,356 --> 00:13:45,591 I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. 363 00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:49,195 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING 364 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:50,730 FOR, WITH PAM IN 2006 WHEN SHE 365 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:52,932 WAS IN REVIEW FOR A LITTLE 366 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:54,233 WHILE, DEPARTED NIBIB AND 367 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:56,869 RETURNED TO BE THE COMMITTEE 368 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:57,369 MANAGING OFFICER, AND I 369 00:13:57,369 --> 00:13:58,504 CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HER. 370 00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:01,674 ONE OF THE ANCHORS OF THE 371 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:04,110 INSTITUTE, AND A LONG WITH 372 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:06,178 ALICIA TOO, THEY ARE SUCH A TEAM 373 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:07,279 FOR US HERE. 374 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:08,781 COUNCIL RUNS VERY SMOOTHLY. 375 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:12,785 IT'S ORGANIZED ON ACCOUNT OF HER 376 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,453 STRENGTH AND HER EFFORTS, AND 377 00:14:14,453 --> 00:14:16,856 ANNA MENTIONED THE BRISKET, AND 378 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,657 WHEN PAM CAME A COUPLE OR THREE 379 00:14:18,657 --> 00:14:21,560 WEEKS AGO AND LET US KNOW SHE 380 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,996 WAS GOING TO RETIRE SHE DID 381 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:26,499 MITIGATE THE SHORT-TERM PAIN BY 382 00:14:26,499 --> 00:14:27,933 DELIVERING IT WITH BRISKET, THE 383 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:28,167 MESSAGE. 384 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:29,902 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM. 385 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:32,738 WISHING YOU THE BEST, A LONG, 386 00:14:32,738 --> 00:14:33,272 HAPPY, HEALTHY RETIREMENT. 387 00:14:33,272 --> 00:14:36,408 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 388 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:36,809 >> THANK YOU. 389 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:39,345 >> AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO 390 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:40,980 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS 391 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:41,814 PROBABLY EMBARRASSING PAM, I 392 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:45,684 DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THAT AT ALL. 393 00:14:45,684 --> 00:14:48,287 >> I'LL GET YOU BACK. 394 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:49,755 >> I'M SURE YOU WILL. 395 00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:50,489 THANKS, PAM. 396 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:54,627 DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? 397 00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:54,860 >> NO. 398 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:55,861 JUST THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR 399 00:14:55,861 --> 00:15:02,535 PUTTING UP WITH MY NAGGING. 400 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,737 >> WELL, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL 401 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:07,840 SEE, THOSE IN THE VIDEOCAST AND 402 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,607 EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED, THIS 403 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:11,877 IS KIND OF A THEME OF THIS 404 00:15:11,877 --> 00:15:12,845 DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 405 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,079 AS YOU READ IN THE PRESS, THERE 406 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:21,887 HAVE BEEN MANY PERSONNEL CHANGS 407 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:24,924 ACROSS AGENCIES, HHS IN 408 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:25,591 PARTICULAR, NIH, CERTAINLY NIBIB 409 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:31,931 HAS BEEN NO EXCEPTION. 410 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,900 MOVING TO ANOTHER RETIREMENT, 411 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:38,571 JILL HUGHES KIRK HAS BEEN BEEN 412 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:42,141 SO IMPACTFUL, PLAYED SUCH AN 413 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:46,679 ESSENTIAL ROLE AT DEPUTY 414 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,815 DIRECTOR SINCE 2016, CO-LED 415 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:52,585 RADX-TECH PROGRAM, LED 416 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:55,020 ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENT, 417 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,755 TRANSFORMED -- HELPED TRANSFORM 418 00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:58,624 ACCESSIBLE DESIGN FOR POINT OF 419 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:01,026 CARE AND MAXIMUM TECHNOLOGIES. 420 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:02,595 SHE PREVIOUSLY HAD LEADERSHIP 421 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:04,730 POSITIONS, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO 422 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:07,700 GET HER AT NIMH, AND NINDS, SO I 423 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:12,938 WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN SHE 424 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:14,173 FIRST JOINED NIBIB, AND GETTING 425 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:18,410 TO KNOW HER AND DAVE, AND 426 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:21,080 ACTUALLY EVERYONE AT NIBIB, LONG 427 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,616 TIME CONNECTIONS WITH THE 428 00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:25,818 PROGRAM FOLKS, THAT GAVE ME 429 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,186 CONFIDENCE TO COME HERE. 430 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,053 SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. 431 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:31,056 JILL HAS BEEN AT THE TIP OF THAT 432 00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:33,525 SPEAR FOR SO LONG, SHE WAS 433 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:37,029 FOUNDER OF THE NIH BLUEPRINT OF 434 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:38,030 THERAPEUTICS NETWORK, SERVED ON 435 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:40,432 MULTIPLE ADVISORY BOARDS IN 436 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:42,501 NEUROSCIENCE, HER BACKGROUND, 437 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:45,571 Ph.D. IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND 438 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:48,007 BIOPHYSICS FROM UCSF, BUT WE 439 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:50,509 TEASED HER THROUGHOUT ABOUT IF 440 00:16:50,509 --> 00:16:52,711 WE COULD GRANT DEGREES WE WOULD 441 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:54,246 GIVE HER A Ph.D. IN BIOMEDICAL 442 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:55,047 ENGINEERING. 443 00:16:55,047 --> 00:16:58,183 SHE'S DONE ALL OF THAT WORK, AND 444 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,853 THE ADDITIONAL DIMENSIONS OF 445 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:02,087 UNDERSTANDING POLICY, STRATEGY, 446 00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:04,890 HELPING US NAVIGATE THROUGH THE 447 00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:06,558 COMPLEXITY OF ALL THE THINGS 448 00:17:06,558 --> 00:17:08,794 HAPPENING IN GOVERNMENT. 449 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:12,865 SO, JILL HAD PLANNED THIS. 450 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:15,034 SO IT'S JUST REST ASSURED THIS 451 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:19,805 IS SOMETHING SHE HAD BEEN 452 00:17:19,805 --> 00:17:20,072 TARGETING. 453 00:17:20,072 --> 00:17:23,842 AND OF COURSE YOU MET ANNA 454 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:24,076 ALREADY. 455 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,477 AND SHE TRULY HAS TAKEN THIS 456 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:28,280 ROLE ON AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO 457 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,082 HAVE HER, ALSO FROM 458 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:31,617 NEUROSCIENCE, THERE'S A PATTERN 459 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:33,252 HERE. 460 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:38,290 AND, YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING 461 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:39,658 NEUROSCIENTIST, FORMER AAAS 462 00:17:39,658 --> 00:17:40,926 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOW 463 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:42,161 AND WILL INVOKE THAT EXPERTISE 464 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:43,829 IN A FEW SLIDES HELPING ME 465 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:49,368 UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE POLICY 466 00:17:49,368 --> 00:17:54,807 IMPLICATIONS, SHE'S A POLICY 467 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:57,409 PRO, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HER JOIN 468 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,511 US. 469 00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:04,216 I SHOULD CLARIFY, SHE HAS THIS 470 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:06,418 ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROLE THAT 471 00:18:06,418 --> 00:18:10,356 JILL HAD BEFORE, IN ADDITION TO 472 00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:16,528 HER PERMANENT ROLE AS THE ORA 473 00:18:16,528 --> 00:18:18,230 DIRECTOR, YOU'LL SEE IN THE 474 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:18,697 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. 475 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:21,300 WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO 476 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:24,603 ANNOUNCE IN JANUARY, SO WE'RE 477 00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:27,306 REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 478 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:30,709 PERMANENT POSITIONS FOR OUR TEAM 479 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:32,044 WHO WERE IN ACTING POSITIONS. 480 00:18:32,044 --> 00:18:34,747 THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO GET SORT 481 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:37,716 OF THOSE UPGRADES FROM ACTING TO 482 00:18:37,716 --> 00:18:37,983 PERMANENT. 483 00:18:37,983 --> 00:18:40,152 SOMEHOW WE -- MAYBE WE 484 00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:43,188 ANTICIPATED THAT MIGHT BE 485 00:18:43,188 --> 00:18:45,524 DIFFICULT, AND IN THE SORT OF 486 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:49,161 NEW YEAR, SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO 487 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:56,335 GET THESE DONE, ANN GAWALT, AND 488 00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:58,570 THIS ACCOMPANIED SORT OF IN -- 489 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:01,840 MAYBE THIS IS IN THE DETAILED 490 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,143 WEEDS, BUT THIS POSITION FOR 491 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:07,513 NIBIB WAS UPGRADED TO A 492 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:08,914 SENIOR -- SES, SENIOR EXECUTIVE 493 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:10,249 SERVICE POSITION, SO WE'RE 494 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:13,652 REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE ANN AS 495 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:18,791 THE FIRST SES EXECUTIVE OFFICER 496 00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:19,591 OF NIBIB. 497 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:20,893 AND DAVE RAMPULLA, DEPUTY 498 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:22,127 DIRECTOR OF EXTRAMURAL SCIENCE 499 00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:24,963 PROGRAM, WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR 500 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,066 PROGRAM OFFICERS, REPORTING 501 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,268 DIRECTLY TO DAVE GEORGE. 502 00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:30,903 AND REALLY HELPING EXTEND OUR 503 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:35,908 IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ACROSS THE 504 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,644 NIH. 505 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,279 AND BEHROUS SHABBESTARI HAS BEEN 506 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,281 ACTING DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS, 507 00:19:42,281 --> 00:19:46,385 WELL KNOWN TO OUR EXTRAMURAL 508 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:48,320 COMMUNITY, ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL 509 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,223 AND THOUGHTFUL AND EXPERIENCED 510 00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:52,658 IN STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND 511 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,493 REVIEW, JUST A WEALTH OF 512 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:56,395 EXPERIENCE SO REALLY GLAD TO 513 00:19:56,395 --> 00:20:01,266 HAVE ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN 514 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,101 PERMANENT SENIOR LEADERSHIP 515 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:02,634 POSITIONS. 516 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:07,106 LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE A 517 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,842 FEW NEW STAFF. 518 00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,743 AND THEY HAVE BEEN RETAINED, SO 519 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:14,012 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 520 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:16,582 KEY AREAS OF NEED, SO ASHLEY IN 521 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:17,783 OFFICE OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT, 522 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:24,690 EMILY ALSO IN THAT OFFICE. 523 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:27,226 STACIE AND MOST NOTABLY FROM AN 524 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:30,028 INTERACTION POINT OF VIEW WHERE 525 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:32,598 COUNCIL AND OUR INVESTIGATORS 526 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:42,541 WILL BE INTERACTING WITH STACIEO 527 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:43,709 GUTOWSKI, EXPERIENCE WITH FDA, 528 00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:45,711 VERY SKILLED IN UNDERSTANDING 529 00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:47,112 THAT REGULATORY PROCESS AND 530 00:20:47,112 --> 00:20:51,216 PARTNERSHIP SO I ENCOURAGE FOLS 531 00:20:51,216 --> 00:20:54,953 TO REACH OUT TO HER, AND KRISTIN 532 00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:58,090 GILCHRIST, ALSO A PROGRAM 533 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:02,427 OFFICER IN OUR DIVISION OF 534 00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:03,462 TECHNOLOGY, A DISTINGUISHED 535 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:05,430 ACADEMIC WE'RE IN BIOMEDICAL 536 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:08,867 ENGINEERING AND RADIOLOGY, 537 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:09,635 JOINTLY APPOINTED, USES 538 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:13,105 UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY 539 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:15,741 HEALTH SCIENCE SCHOOL, AND ALSO 540 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:18,310 AGAIN TRAINING Ph.D. AND 541 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:19,144 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 542 00:21:19,144 --> 00:21:20,812 UNDERGRADUATE IN ELECTRICAL 543 00:21:20,812 --> 00:21:22,080 ENGINEERING, VANDERBILT, 544 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:23,649 STANFORD, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY 545 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:27,119 GLAD AND EXCITED TO HAVE THEM 546 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,454 WITH US AS PROGRAM OFFICERS. 547 00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:31,290 SO STAFF HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT 548 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,592 AS YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT 549 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:34,593 IN THE PRESS I'M SURE. 550 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:37,529 I WANTED TO GIVE A BIG PICTURE 551 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:42,868 OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT TO US. 552 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:43,335 WE'RE PRETTY SIMPLE 553 00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:45,170 ORGANIZATIONALLY, FOUR MAJOR 554 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:49,374 OFFICERS OR PROGRAMS OR 555 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:50,409 DIVISION, ADMINISTRATIVE 556 00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:50,976 MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH 557 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:51,543 ADMINISTRATION, EXTRAMURAL 558 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:53,812 SCIENCE PROGRAM WITH THE HIGHEST 559 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,347 HEAD COUNT WITH SPECIAL 560 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:58,116 DIVISIONS OF TECHNOLOGIES, AND 561 00:21:58,116 --> 00:22:00,986 PROGRAM OFFICERS, AND THE 562 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,589 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH 563 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:07,759 MULTIPLE LABS AND UNIQUE CORE 564 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:08,026 RESOURCES. 565 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:13,098 SO, TOTAL, AND THIS EXCLUDES 566 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:14,967 CONTRACTORS, THESE ARE JUST OUR 567 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:20,706 FTE ACCOUNTS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 568 00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:22,307 22% REDUCTION ACROSS NIBIB. 569 00:22:22,307 --> 00:22:26,011 THE HEAD COUNT HAS GONE FROM 152 570 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,112 TO 118. 571 00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:29,514 AND THESE ARE NOT ALL SETTLED, 572 00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:31,817 SO SOME STILL MAY BE COMING 573 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:33,452 BACK, SOME STILL ON 574 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:34,853 ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. 575 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:37,456 SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE 576 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,591 DEFINITIVE UPDATES FOR YOU IN 577 00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:43,862 THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT AS 578 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,265 YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THIS IS 579 00:22:46,265 --> 00:22:48,634 SOMETHING THAT IS CHANGING. 580 00:22:48,634 --> 00:22:50,802 IT SEEMS FROM WEEK TO WEEK OR 581 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:51,737 MONTH TO MONTH. 582 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:54,273 SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME 583 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:55,907 STABILIZATION OF THIS AND WE'RE 584 00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:58,977 ALSO HOPING TO GET MORE OF THESE 585 00:22:58,977 --> 00:23:01,880 FOLKS RETURN. 586 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,616 IT'S A CONSTANT DISCUSSION AND 587 00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:04,850 EFFORT. 588 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,152 MOST NOTABLY, AND FOR THOSE WHO 589 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:11,123 WORKED WITH OUR OFFICE OF 590 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:12,824 COMMUNICATIONS OR SCIENCE POLICY 591 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,227 AND COMMUNICATIONS, THE ENTIRE 592 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:18,597 OFFICE, SO THEY HAVE BEEN 593 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:22,768 WRITING, GETTING IN TOUCH WITH 594 00:23:22,768 --> 00:23:25,137 YOU, HELPING COMMUNICATE OUR 595 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,105 COMMUNITY'S FINDINGS TO THE 596 00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:28,974 PUBLIC, THE WEBSITE, ORGANIZING 597 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:30,976 INTERACTIONS WITH CONGRESS AND 598 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,243 SO FORTH. 599 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:37,449 ALL ACROSS THE NIH MOST OF THE 600 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:43,455 FOLKS WITHIN INSTITUTES HAVE 601 00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:44,222 BEEN INVOLUNTARY SEPARATED BUT 602 00:23:44,222 --> 00:23:49,394 THERE IS AN EFFORT TO BRING SOME 603 00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:49,895 FRACTION BACK. 604 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,798 THEY MAY COME BACK INTO A LARGER 605 00:23:52,798 --> 00:23:53,999 POOL OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT'S 606 00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:54,399 CENTRALIZED. 607 00:23:54,399 --> 00:23:56,802 WE DON'T KNOW THIS. 608 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,937 BUT OBVIOUSLY COMMUNICATING WHAT 609 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:01,340 WE DO AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT 610 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,042 NIBIB DOES, WHICH IS TOUGHER OF 611 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,677 A COMMUNICATION, HARDER, MORE 612 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:07,079 SPECIALIZED THAN OTHER 613 00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:07,379 INSTITUTES. 614 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:10,182 IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE HELPING 615 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,950 EVERYONE ACROSS IN LEADERSHIP 616 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,519 ACROSS NIH AND HHS UNDERSTAND, 617 00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:16,722 AND PROVIDES GREAT VALUE AND 618 00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,523 OTHER DIMENSIONALITY TO THE 619 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:20,225 ORGANIZATION, SO IT'S AN 620 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:24,262 INCREDIBLY TALENTED TEAM AND 621 00:24:24,262 --> 00:24:26,565 WE'RE WORKING HARD TO HOPEFULLY 622 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:28,767 HAVE THIS TEAM RESTORED BACK TO 623 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:30,202 THE NIH. 624 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:32,571 AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TO -- I 625 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:33,905 DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF EVERYONE. 626 00:24:33,905 --> 00:24:37,442 I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF SHOW 627 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:38,744 THESE ARE KNOWN DEPARTING STAFF. 628 00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:43,548 SOME MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH A FEW 629 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:46,752 OF THEM, IN PARTICULAR ALBERT 630 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:49,254 AVILA WHO LED OUR HBCU PROGRAM 631 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:52,457 TO DEVELOP BIOENGINEERING 632 00:24:52,457 --> 00:24:54,393 PROGRAMS AT HBCU, LONGTIME 633 00:24:54,393 --> 00:24:56,261 VETERAN OF THE NIH, AND SO WE 634 00:24:56,261 --> 00:25:00,732 MISS ALBERT AND WE'RE HOPING -- 635 00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:04,002 YOU KNOW, HE'S LOOKING FOR OTHER 636 00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:05,871 THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE -- 637 00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:10,142 JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT 638 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:13,879 AND MISS HIM AND JOHN HAYES, A 639 00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:14,479 19-YEAR VETERAN, SCIENTIFIC 640 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:15,113 REVIEW OFFICER. 641 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:19,017 SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE 642 00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:23,121 INTERACTED WITH ALBERT AND JOHN, 643 00:25:23,121 --> 00:25:25,357 AND OTHERS, MANY OF OUR FOLKS 644 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:26,792 WE'VE LOST THAT ARE BEHIND THE 645 00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:29,094 SCENES AND SO WE WANT TO THANK 646 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:36,001 THEM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR 647 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:36,635 WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS. 648 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:38,870 EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS BUT I WANT 649 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:44,242 TO REINFORCE WITH PICTURES, NIH 650 00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:48,547 PICTURES, THE NIH DIRECTOR, JAY 651 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,182 BHATTACHARYA, PRIOR DIRECTED 652 00:25:50,182 --> 00:25:52,350 STANFORD CENTER ON DEMOGRAPHY OF 653 00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:54,553 HEALTH AND AGING, HIS RESEARCH, 654 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,854 Ph.D. IS IN ECONOMICS, SO 655 00:25:55,854 --> 00:26:01,960 RESEARCH HAS BEEN ON THE 656 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,195 ECONOMICS OF HEALTH CARE, 657 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:06,731 EMPHASIS ON HEALTH OF VULNERABLE 658 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,333 POPULATIONS, A REVIEWERS, SPEAKS 659 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:11,002 ABOUT HIS PASSION AND EXPERIENCE 660 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:13,238 WITH THE NIH THROUGHOUT HIS 661 00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:13,972 CAREER. 662 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:19,978 SO, JAY HAS BEEN GIVING LOTS OF 663 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:22,848 PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS TO SOME 664 00:26:22,848 --> 00:26:23,782 OF THE INSTITUTES, WE'VE BEEN 665 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,284 MEETING WITH HIM ON A REGULAR 666 00:26:26,284 --> 00:26:28,186 BASIS, ALL THE INSTITUTE 667 00:26:28,186 --> 00:26:31,089 DIRECTORS, AND HE'S ALSO MET 668 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:34,793 WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS, ONE ON 669 00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:37,996 ONE, AND HE'S NOW REALLY DEEPLY 670 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:40,732 ENGAGED IN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 671 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:43,101 SEASON, SO THE HEARINGS AND HE 672 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:46,004 WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT 673 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:49,474 EFFORT IN THE COMING WEEKS TO 674 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:52,344 GET SOME INSIGHTS INTO HIS 675 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,980 THOUGHTS AND PRIORITIES, NINDS 676 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:56,414 HAD A COUNCIL MEETING MAY 14. 677 00:26:56,414 --> 00:27:00,552 AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO THAT 678 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:05,090 VIDEOCAST, JAY COMES IN AND 679 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:05,924 APPEARS, GIVES A PRESENTATION, 680 00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:07,893 ANSWERS QUESTIONS. 681 00:27:07,893 --> 00:27:10,829 I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A 682 00:27:10,829 --> 00:27:12,931 LOOK AT THAT VIDEOCAST, TO HELP 683 00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,233 UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS VISION IS. 684 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:17,102 HE HAS SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE 685 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:18,069 TOP PRIORITIES, I'LL COME BACK 686 00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:20,305 TO SOME OF THOSE AT THE END OF 687 00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:22,140 MY PRESENTATION AND HOW THEY 688 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:23,909 ALIGN WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY 689 00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:24,309 DOES. 690 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:28,346 AND THAT'S PART OF OUR 691 00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:28,613 MESSAGING. 692 00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:32,183 MY CONSTANT MESSAGING TO NIH 693 00:27:32,183 --> 00:27:32,584 LEADERSHIP. 694 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:35,854 MATT MEMOLI STEPPED IN AS THE 695 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:39,457 ACTING NIH DIRECTOR IN BETWEEN 696 00:27:39,457 --> 00:27:40,525 JAY'S FINALIZATION OF HIS 697 00:27:40,525 --> 00:27:43,094 APPOINTMENT, AND SOME OF YOU MAY 698 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:44,596 KNOW HIS BACKGROUND IS 699 00:27:44,596 --> 00:27:47,465 INFECTIOUS DISEASE, SO HE CAME 700 00:27:47,465 --> 00:27:48,533 TO NIAID TO DO THIS IS 701 00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:51,102 INFECTIOUS DISEASE FELLOWSHIP. 702 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:53,805 HE'S A PHYSICIAN. 703 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,540 AND HE PREVIOUSLY LED THE 704 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:58,610 CLINICAL STUDIES UNIT WITHIN THE 705 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:01,279 LABORATORY OF INFECTIOUS 706 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:01,580 DISEASE. 707 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:04,115 HIS RESEARCH IS IN INFLUENZA 708 00:28:04,115 --> 00:28:05,083 TRANSMISSION, IMMUNITY, VACCINE 709 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,051 DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SOME OF YOU 710 00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:09,988 MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY. 711 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:14,059 AND HE FOR THAT SORT OF 712 00:28:14,059 --> 00:28:16,361 FEW-MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 713 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:22,901 AND MARCH HELPED WITH MANY ACUTE 714 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:23,935 PROBLEMS THAT CAME ABOUT AS A 715 00:28:23,935 --> 00:28:25,136 RESULT OF THE NEW EXECUTIVE 716 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:31,076 ORDERS AND DID IT IN A VERY 717 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:34,846 DEDICATED AND TIRELESS WAY, AND 718 00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:38,049 THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP WE 719 00:28:38,049 --> 00:28:45,223 WERE -- -- MANY FUNCTIONALITIES 720 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,758 THAT IMMEDIATELY STOPPED, MATT 721 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:47,759 TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO 722 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:50,028 GET THEM ROLLING. 723 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:51,296 THAT'S BY DEFINITION ALMOST THE 724 00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:53,398 ROLE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF 725 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:55,700 THE NIH, THE PROBLEM SOLVER, THE 726 00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:57,969 PERSON WHO WORKS OUT THE 727 00:28:57,969 --> 00:28:58,737 DETAILS. 728 00:28:58,737 --> 00:28:59,804 AND MAKES THE ARGUMENTS AND THE 729 00:28:59,804 --> 00:29:04,109 DEALS AND THE SORT OF PRACTICAL 730 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:04,643 CONSIDERATIONS WITH HHS 731 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:08,580 LEADERSHIP AND WHITE HOUSE 732 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:08,913 LEADERSHIP. 733 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:10,849 SO MATT TRIED ALL OF THAT OUT, 734 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:16,021 TRIAL BY FIRE FOR A FEW MONTHS, 735 00:29:16,021 --> 00:29:17,522 AND DEVELOPED UNIQUE SKILLS IN 736 00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:19,090 THAT REGARD IN THIS INTENSE 737 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:21,559 EXPERIENCE, AND HE HAS NOW 738 00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:28,733 TRANSITIONED TO THE PRINCIPAL 739 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:32,070 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIH. 740 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:35,974 SO, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN 741 00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:37,709 FOLLOWING SOME SENIOR LEADERSHIP 742 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:38,677 DEPARTURES. 743 00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:41,646 YOU KNOW, THE SEGUE FROM MATT IS 744 00:29:41,646 --> 00:29:43,948 TO LARRY TABAK. 745 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:48,820 THEY OVERLAPPED FOR SEVERAL 746 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,055 WEEKS. 747 00:29:50,055 --> 00:29:52,624 DR. TABAK, THE ENORMOUSLY 748 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,994 TALENTED AND LONG-SEARCHING 749 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:56,528 PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR, 750 00:29:56,528 --> 00:29:58,229 REALLY SEEN NIH AND CONTRIBUTED 751 00:29:58,229 --> 00:30:02,067 TO NIH FROM THE GROUND FLOOR 752 00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:05,804 FROM HIS LABORATORY TO 753 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,339 LEADERSHIP ON NIDCR, PRINCIPAL 754 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:13,411 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND HE STEPPED 755 00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:21,519 DOWN JUST I THINK IN MARCH I 756 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:22,754 BELIEVE. 757 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:24,823 TARA SCHWETZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 758 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:25,356 FOR PROGRAM COORDINATION, 759 00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:27,992 DPCPSI, THAT'S IN THE OFFICE OF 760 00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:31,596 THE DIRECTOR, HAS STEPPED DOWN. 761 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:34,332 MIKE LAUER, MANY FAMILIAR WITH 762 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:36,735 MIKE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OFFICE 763 00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:38,369 OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH, 764 00:30:38,369 --> 00:30:43,108 LONG-SERVING, INNOVATIVE AND 765 00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:43,374 TALENTED. 766 00:30:43,374 --> 00:30:46,478 THESE FOLKS DEFINED THOSE ROLES 767 00:30:46,478 --> 00:30:49,848 AS DID JOHN BURKLOW, 40-YEAR 768 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:51,850 SERVICE AT THE NIH, AS THE CHIEF 769 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,418 OF STAFF FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 770 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:57,989 HALF, ROUGHLY HALF OF THAT TIME. 771 00:30:57,989 --> 00:30:59,424 AND EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNICATOR 772 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:04,796 AND PROBLEM SOLVER AND LIZA 773 00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:06,531 BUNDESEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT 774 00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:07,098 OER. 775 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:10,935 THIS IS THE LOSS OF INCREDIBLE 776 00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:12,871 LONGTIME HIGHLY SKILLED TALENT 777 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:17,041 IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ACROSS 778 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:18,243 THE NIH. 779 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:25,049 SO SOME TRANSITIONS TO COME IN, 780 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:29,954 FIRST THE CHIEF OPERATING 781 00:31:29,954 --> 00:31:33,792 OFFICER, ERIC, THIS IS A NEW 782 00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:35,760 POSITION, BACKGROUND IS IN 783 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,163 DoD, IN PARTICULAR HIS 784 00:31:38,163 --> 00:31:41,132 INTERESTS ARE IN ORGANIZATION 785 00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:43,835 MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY, AND 786 00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:46,805 HE'S BEEN ACTUALLY QUITE A 787 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:49,040 STRONG DEFENDER AND VERY 788 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,976 EFFECTIVE IN HELPING US GET 789 00:31:51,976 --> 00:31:54,078 OPERATIONAL ISSUES MOVING AGAIN. 790 00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:59,250 AND SO WE WELCOME HIM ON BOARD. 791 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,986 SEANA CRANSTON HAD SIGNIFICANT 792 00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:02,954 LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE AS AN 793 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:05,256 AIDE TO A COUPLE MEMBERS OF 794 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:07,125 CONGRESS, SO SHE'S COME ON 795 00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:07,559 BOARD. 796 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:09,427 BOTH OF THEM WERE ABLE TO 797 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:13,598 OVERLAP A BIT WITH JOHN BURKLOW, 798 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:15,466 SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 799 00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:17,001 HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND ASPECTS 800 00:32:17,001 --> 00:32:19,604 OF THE POSITION BECAUSE NEITHER 801 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:20,705 HAS EXPERIENCE, PRIOR 802 00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:24,542 EXPERIENCE, IN WORKING AT NIH OR 803 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:29,047 IN THE SCIENCE AGENCY LIKE WE 804 00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:29,247 ARE. 805 00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:30,648 JAMES McELROY, WHO HAS COME ON 806 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:34,719 AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF. 807 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:38,089 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NO PRIOR NIH 808 00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:39,123 EXPERIENCE BUT CERTAINLY HE'S 809 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:42,160 NOW MET WITH ALL OF THE 810 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,161 INSTITUTE DIRECTORS, DEPUTY 811 00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:45,263 DIRECTORS, HE'S REALLY COMING UP 812 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:48,299 TO SPEED ON OUR MISSION AND THE 813 00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,602 DETAILS OF WHAT EACH INSTITUTE 814 00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:50,802 DOES. 815 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:53,371 SO JON LORSCH, MANY OF YOU KNOW 816 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,640 HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF NIGMS, AND 817 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,410 HE HAS STEPPED INTO THE ROLE, 818 00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:01,679 VERY CHALLENGING POSITION, AS 819 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:05,950 THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR 820 00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:07,986 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH, OER, SO 821 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:13,091 MIKE LAUER'S POSITION, DO AN 822 00:33:13,091 --> 00:33:15,260 INCREDIBLE JOB WORKING ACROSS 823 00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:18,196 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES ON A VERY 824 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:21,599 COMPLICATED TASK OF TRYING TO 825 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:24,068 UNDERSTAND AND RESOLVE THE 826 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:26,804 ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES WITH 827 00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:27,538 OUR ACTIONS. 828 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:32,110 AND THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY, 829 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:38,216 HIS COLLEAGUE RAY JACK JACOBSOS 830 00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:42,053 ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND TO 831 00:33:42,053 --> 00:33:49,494 STEP INTO TARA'S ROYAL NICOLE 832 00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:50,428 KLEINSTREUER, BIOMEDICAL 833 00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:50,929 ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL 834 00:33:50,929 --> 00:33:53,031 COMPUTATION, STEPPED INTO THE 835 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,232 ACTING POSITION OF DEPUTY 836 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:57,368 DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM 837 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,804 COORDINATION, PLANNING, 838 00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,139 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. 839 00:34:01,139 --> 00:34:01,339 OKAY. 840 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:03,875 IF YOU'RE NOT EXHAUSTED ENOUGH I 841 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,376 HAVEN'T -- I'M JUST BEGINNING, 842 00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:08,179 WARMING UP A LITTLE. 843 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:12,150 SO THERE'S BEEN SEVEN INSTITUTE 844 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:13,851 AND CENTER DIRECTORS WHO HAVE 845 00:34:13,851 --> 00:34:16,020 BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THEIR 846 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:18,189 POSITIONS OR THEY HAVE BEEN 847 00:34:18,189 --> 00:34:19,857 GIVEN CHOICES BUT, YOU KNOW, 848 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:26,064 THIS IS SORT OF THE NET RESULT. 849 00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:28,599 JEANNE MARRAZZO, KIM RATHMELL 850 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:32,437 FROM NCI, DR. BIANCHI FROM 851 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:40,611 NICHD, ERIC GREENE FROM NHGRI, 852 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:48,419 ELISEO PEREZ-STABLE, SHANNON 853 00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:48,987 ZENC AND KATHLEEN NEUZIL, 854 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:52,457 SHOCKING, HAPPENED IN A PERIOD 855 00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:56,094 OF ONE DAY, OR ONE AND A HALF 856 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:56,594 DAYS. 857 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,163 AND FORTUNATELY WE HAVE AN 858 00:34:59,163 --> 00:35:01,232 EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF TALENTED 859 00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:03,801 DEPUTY DIRECTORS AND PEOPLE WHO 860 00:35:03,801 --> 00:35:06,170 ARE REALLY SKILLED AND ABLE TO 861 00:35:06,170 --> 00:35:11,275 STEP INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS 862 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,478 SO JEFF TAUBENBERGER STEPPED IN, 863 00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:19,550 DOUG LOWY, IF YOU ADD HIS ACTING 864 00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:21,586 DIRECTOR STINTS HE'S PROBABLY 865 00:35:21,586 --> 00:35:30,595 SERVED LONGER THAN ANY NCI 866 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:31,129 DIRECTOR. 867 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:35,133 ALISON CERNICH, CAROLYN HUTTER, 868 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:39,404 MONICA WEBB HOOPER, COURTNEY 869 00:35:39,404 --> 00:35:44,175 AKLIN, AND PETER KILL KILMARX AT 870 00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:45,743 THE FOGARTY, BEGINNING TO 871 00:35:45,743 --> 00:35:48,146 STABILIZE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE 872 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:54,185 WEEKS, ALL INTEGRATED WITH NIH 873 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:54,485 LEADERSHIP. 874 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:56,554 TO SUMMARIZE THE CHANGES THAT 875 00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:59,223 ARE CURRENT AND ON THE HORIZON, 876 00:35:59,223 --> 00:36:02,593 YOU'VE ALL HEARD THERE ARE 877 00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:03,694 ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITIES. 878 00:36:03,694 --> 00:36:06,631 WHAT'S THE NET RESULT HERE? 879 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:13,204 AND I'M GIVING SORT OF A BIG 880 00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:14,405 PICTURE VIEW. 881 00:36:14,405 --> 00:36:15,573 YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO PROGRAM 882 00:36:15,573 --> 00:36:18,743 OFFICERS, REACH OUT TO US, TO 883 00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:20,511 UNDERSTAND DETAILS OF EACH OF 884 00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:21,879 THESE. 885 00:36:21,879 --> 00:36:24,549 BUT FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE AWARD 886 00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:26,217 HOLDS AND TERMINATIONS, THESE 887 00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:26,517 ARE ONGOING. 888 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:29,954 SOME OF OUR NOTICES OF FUNDING 889 00:36:29,954 --> 00:36:30,621 OPPORTUNITIES, NOFOs, HAVE 890 00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:32,123 BEEN TAKEN DOWN. 891 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:35,660 OTHERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND 892 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:36,527 REPOSTED. 893 00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:38,596 BUT REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY THERE 894 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:42,166 WILL BE A NEW NOFO REVIEW AND 895 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:44,735 FORECASTING PROCESS, RAMPING UP 896 00:36:44,735 --> 00:36:45,403 RIGHT NOW. 897 00:36:45,403 --> 00:36:49,640 AND IN GENERAL THERE WILL BE A 898 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,409 REDUCTION IN NOTICES OF FUNDING 899 00:36:51,409 --> 00:36:53,644 OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THAT'S SORT 900 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:54,645 OF VERY BIG PICTURE COMMENT. 901 00:36:54,645 --> 00:36:59,150 TRYING TO SORT OF THIN THIS OUT, 902 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:00,151 AND THEN OTHER PROCESSES LIKE 903 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:04,222 PERHAPS POSTING ON OUR WEBSITES, 904 00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,859 WILL SORT OF FILL IN GAPS WHERE 905 00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:12,763 WE MAY NOT HAVE EXTENSIVE A 906 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,664 PUBLICATION PROCESS. 907 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:15,032 SECOND MAJOR THEME THAT PERHAPS 908 00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:17,568 MANY OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR 909 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:20,304 WITH AND MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE 910 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:24,809 FOREIGN SUBAWARDS HAVE BEEN 911 00:37:24,809 --> 00:37:26,444 PAUSED. 912 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:28,412 AND THERE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT A 913 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,114 NEW MECHANISM TO TRACK FUNDS, 914 00:37:30,114 --> 00:37:31,883 THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. 915 00:37:31,883 --> 00:37:34,819 HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A FAST 916 00:37:34,819 --> 00:37:35,319 ONGOING PROCESS. 917 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:36,787 AND, AGAIN, WE CAN UPDATE IN 918 00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:38,789 MORE DETAIL A LITTLE BIT OF 919 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:39,123 THAT. 920 00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:40,858 AND THEN OF COURSE AS I'VE 921 00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:43,060 ALLUDED TO, REALLY FROM THE 922 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:46,464 BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, 923 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:50,034 WE'VE HAD PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 924 00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:51,169 STAFFING REDUCTIONS, 34 PEOPLE 925 00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:52,370 HERE, 22% OF OUR STAFF. 926 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:54,338 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 927 00:37:54,338 --> 00:37:56,307 PERCENTAGES ARE EXACTLY AT ALL 928 00:37:56,307 --> 00:37:57,642 THE OTHER INSTITUTES BUT THEY 929 00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:59,076 ARE COMPARABLE. 930 00:37:59,076 --> 00:38:06,517 SO THESE ARE PRETTY LARGE 931 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:07,018 NUMBERS. 932 00:38:07,018 --> 00:38:11,122 PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES, RIFs, 933 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:18,429 VOLUNTARY, EARLY, ON TIME, 934 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:21,265 RESIGNATIONS, SOME MADE IT INTO 935 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:22,366 POLICY UPDATES. 936 00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:23,668 SO, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS ABOUT 937 00:38:23,668 --> 00:38:27,038 SORT OF THE BIG PICTURE CHANGES 938 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:29,140 THAT ARE -- THAT WERE 939 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,875 INTRODUCED, THAT ARE ONGOING. 940 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:32,310 THESE ARE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS. 941 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:39,217 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I'M THE 942 00:38:39,217 --> 00:38:41,185 POLICY AMATEUR SO I TURN IT OVER 943 00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:43,921 TO ANNA, A POLICY PRO, TO GIVE 944 00:38:43,921 --> 00:38:44,388 HER PERSPECTIVE AND 945 00:38:44,388 --> 00:38:45,456 INTERPRETATION OF THESE. 946 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:47,325 AND YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE THE 947 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:48,626 SLIDE DECK. 948 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:51,596 THERE'S A PDF FILE WITH THE 949 00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:53,898 LINKS TO THIS SO YOU CAN FOLLOW 950 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:54,232 UP. 951 00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:55,299 ANNA, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU 952 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:56,500 FOR A BIT. 953 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:56,801 >> THANKS. 954 00:38:56,801 --> 00:39:00,037 I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WE 955 00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:04,809 WANTED TO PUT OUT THIS 956 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:05,610 INFORMATION, THINGS ARE CHANGING 957 00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:09,914 RAPIDLY, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL 958 00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:10,248 CAUGHT ON TO. 959 00:39:10,248 --> 00:39:11,549 AND SO IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK 960 00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:12,850 OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING. 961 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:16,687 WE WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A 962 00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:18,122 COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT SOME 963 00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:19,757 CHANGES SO YOU CAN HELP 964 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,627 DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION TO 965 00:39:22,627 --> 00:39:23,794 YOUR COLLEAGUES AND, YOU KNOW, 966 00:39:23,794 --> 00:39:26,564 SHARE WITH OTHERS. 967 00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:29,300 SO, AS YOU KNOW, EARLY ON, THERE 968 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:35,139 WAS A POLICY NOTICE ISSUED TO 969 00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:38,843 REDUCE INDIRECT COST RATE, 15% 970 00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:46,083 FOR INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE 971 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,118 COUNTRY. 972 00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:53,291 THIS IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD. 973 00:39:53,291 --> 00:39:56,160 WE WILL -- WE'RE CURRENTLY 974 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,996 ISSUING AWARDS AT PREVIOUSLY 975 00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:07,138 NEGOTIATED RATES, EXCEPT FOR 976 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:09,607 THOSE THINGS LIKE FELLOWSHIPS, 977 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:13,244 TRAINING. 978 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:15,012 SO, AS BRUCE MENTIONED, THERE'S 979 00:40:15,012 --> 00:40:16,314 MORE TO COME ON FOREIGN 980 00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:19,250 SUBAWARDS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS 981 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:24,789 THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY WAS A 982 00:40:24,789 --> 00:40:27,291 REMINDER THAT IF A PROJECT 983 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:29,794 INCLUDES ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE 984 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:36,167 U.S., YOU SHOULD INCLUDE FOREIGN 985 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:37,001 JUSTIFICATION WITH THAT 986 00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:39,970 APPLICATION BECAUSE IN POLICY 987 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:44,942 THAT IS A REQUIREMENT BUT IT 988 00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:46,844 HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN 989 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:48,713 ENFORCED. 990 00:40:48,713 --> 00:40:50,181 AS YOU'RE AWARE, NIH HAS BEEN 991 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:54,218 KIND OF AT A PROVISION TO PUBLIC 992 00:40:54,218 --> 00:40:55,953 ACCESS POLICY FOR QUITE SOME 993 00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:58,522 TIME, HAS PLANS TO UPDATE PUBLIC 994 00:40:58,522 --> 00:40:59,590 ACCESS POLICY IN DECEMBER, ONE 995 00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:02,426 OF THE FIRST THINGS DR. 996 00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:07,932 BHATTACHARYA DID WAS ACCELERATE 997 00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:12,303 THE DATE TO JULY 1, BASICALLY 998 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:16,140 STATES THAT ANY PUBLICATIONS 999 00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:17,375 ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION, MADE 1000 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,877 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 1001 00:41:19,877 --> 00:41:21,979 WITHOUT EMBARGO UPON THE 1002 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:25,616 OFFICIAL DAY OF PUBLICATION, CAN 1003 00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:30,755 DO THAT THROUGH PUBMED CENTRAL 1004 00:41:30,755 --> 00:41:32,823 IF YOUR JOURNAL DOESN'T SUPPORT 1005 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:33,257 THAT. 1006 00:41:33,257 --> 00:41:35,659 REGARDING FOREIGN SUBAWARDS, A 1007 00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:38,763 NEW FOREIGN COLLABORATION 1008 00:41:38,763 --> 00:41:39,830 STRUCTURE FOR SUBAWARDS, THAT 1009 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:43,134 WILL BE RELEASED LATER IN THE 1010 00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:53,644 YEAR BUT UNTIL IT'S TIME, IT'S 1011 00:41:58,549 --> 00:41:58,916 STILL UNCLEAR. 1012 00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:00,418 THERE'S A TEMPORARY LIMITATION 1013 00:42:00,418 --> 00:42:06,557 ON ABILITY FOR INVESTIGATORS OR 1014 00:42:06,557 --> 00:42:16,967 INSTITUTIONS TO REQUEST 1015 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:23,340 EXTENSIONS, PRIOR APPROVAL 1016 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:26,310 REQUEST IN ERA COMMONS. 1017 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:28,112 A RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER ON 1018 00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:30,781 PROHIBITING SUPPORT OF GAIN OF 1019 00:42:30,781 --> 00:42:33,117 FUNCTION RESEARCH, NIH IS NO 1020 00:42:33,117 --> 00:42:33,951 LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ON 1021 00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:36,353 THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH AND WILL 1022 00:42:36,353 --> 00:42:38,556 SUSPEND ONGOING RESEARCH IN 1023 00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:41,859 THESE ACTIVITIES. 1024 00:42:41,859 --> 00:42:45,095 WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE 1025 00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:46,630 IMPLEMENTATION WILL LOOK LIKE, 1026 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:49,934 HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LOT OF 1027 00:42:49,934 --> 00:42:52,136 GUIDANCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 1028 00:42:52,136 --> 00:42:54,004 SOME GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING 1029 00:42:54,004 --> 00:42:56,507 TO, BECAUSE THERE'S DELAYS WE 1030 00:42:56,507 --> 00:43:04,415 SAW EARLY ON, THERE'S AN 1031 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:06,050 AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF ESI 1032 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:06,750 ELIGIBILITY TO MITIGATE, 1033 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:08,886 DEPENDING HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE 1034 00:43:08,886 --> 00:43:12,756 LEFT IN YOUR ELIGIBILITY WINDOW, 1035 00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:15,893 YOU CAN GET UP TO THREE CYCLES 1036 00:43:15,893 --> 00:43:17,328 OF EXTENSION. 1037 00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:18,295 SO THERE'S MORE DETAILS 1038 00:43:18,295 --> 00:43:19,730 FOLLOWING THAT NEWS. 1039 00:43:19,730 --> 00:43:25,169 AND WHAT'S NOT IN THAT NEWS, 1040 00:43:25,169 --> 00:43:27,137 WORTH NOTING, IS THAT AS BRUCE 1041 00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:29,640 MENTIONED THERE ARE AWARDS THAT 1042 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,644 HAVE BEEN TERMINATED, IN AWARD 1043 00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:35,045 HAS BEEN ENDED PREMATURELY TO AN 1044 00:43:35,045 --> 00:43:37,581 INVESTIGATOR THEY ARE ABLE TO 1045 00:43:37,581 --> 00:43:40,718 SUBMIT AN EXTENSION REQUEST 1046 00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:42,620 THROUGH REGULAR EFI EXTENSION 1047 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,321 REQUEST PROCESS, AND THAT'S -- 1048 00:43:44,321 --> 00:43:46,257 THOSE ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION. 1049 00:43:46,257 --> 00:43:49,860 SO IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ANYONE 1050 00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:54,498 THAT THIS APPLIES TO PLEASE 1051 00:43:54,498 --> 00:43:56,333 ENCOURAGE THEM. 1052 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:58,502 SIMILARLY IN THE MENTORED K 1053 00:43:58,502 --> 00:44:00,671 SPACE, THERE IS A RESTORATION OF 1054 00:44:00,671 --> 00:44:03,541 ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN K AWARDS 1055 00:44:03,541 --> 00:44:08,712 THAT WERE PREMATURELY ENDED, 1056 00:44:08,712 --> 00:44:10,648 AFTER JANUARY 1. 1057 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:14,051 AND A COUPLE REVIEW-RELATED 1058 00:44:14,051 --> 00:44:21,492 THINGS, YOU'LL SEE LATER FROM 1059 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:22,826 BRUCE, THE FRAMEWORK 1060 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:24,662 IMPLEMENTATION HAS TAKEN EFFECT, 1061 00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:27,731 WENT INTO EFFECT FOR 1062 00:44:27,731 --> 00:44:31,001 APPLICATIONS ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1063 00:44:31,001 --> 00:44:31,669 25. 1064 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:34,505 SO, THIS NOTICE REMINDS 1065 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:35,172 APPLICATIONS, APPLICANTS, THAT 1066 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:37,107 SRF WILL BE APPLIED TO ALL 1067 00:44:37,107 --> 00:44:38,809 RELEVANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 1068 00:44:38,809 --> 00:44:41,512 AUGUST AND OCTOBER COUNCIL 1069 00:44:41,512 --> 00:44:41,779 MEETINGS. 1070 00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:44,949 AND IT EARLY EXPIRES NOFOs 1071 00:44:44,949 --> 00:44:46,784 THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THOSE DATES. 1072 00:44:46,784 --> 00:44:49,153 ICOS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF 1073 00:44:49,153 --> 00:44:51,155 DECIDING WHETHER THEY WILL BE 1074 00:44:51,155 --> 00:44:58,162 REISSUED BUT SOME ARE IN 1075 00:44:58,162 --> 00:44:59,129 PROGRESS. 1076 00:44:59,129 --> 00:45:02,766 AND LASTLY, WE'VE BEEN GETTING 1077 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:06,537 SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EARLY 1078 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:08,806 EXPIRATION OF FELLOWSHIP 1079 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:09,006 NOFOs. 1080 00:45:09,006 --> 00:45:10,774 REST ASSURED THAT THIS IS JUST 1081 00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:15,613 DUE TO THE NEED TO UPDATE THE 1082 00:45:15,613 --> 00:45:17,414 FORMS PACKAGE, WE UNDERSTAND 1083 00:45:17,414 --> 00:45:19,116 REISSUES ARE IN PROGRESS AND 1084 00:45:19,116 --> 00:45:21,185 WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY 1085 00:45:21,185 --> 00:45:23,120 DISRUPTIONS TO THE REGULAR 1086 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,723 RECEIPT DATE IN AUGUST. 1087 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,825 SO A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, 1088 00:45:27,825 --> 00:45:34,798 AND I APOLOGIZE BUT FEEL FREE TO 1089 00:45:34,798 --> 00:45:37,301 READ MORE AND, AGAIN, ANSWER ANY 1090 00:45:37,301 --> 00:45:38,402 QUESTIONS BY E-MAIL OR OTHERWISE 1091 00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:40,804 IF THEY COME. 1092 00:45:40,804 --> 00:45:43,140 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, ANNA. 1093 00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:44,908 YEAH, THAT IS A LOT. 1094 00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:45,209 >> SORRY. 1095 00:45:45,209 --> 00:45:47,011 >> BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE 1096 00:45:47,011 --> 00:45:48,679 TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN AS 1097 00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:51,815 ALL OF US HAVE SORT OF 1098 00:45:51,815 --> 00:45:54,184 REITERATED, THE DISCUSSION CAN 1099 00:45:54,184 --> 00:45:55,819 BE ONGOING, AS THESE ARE ALL 1100 00:45:55,819 --> 00:46:00,257 SORT OF TOUGH THINGS TO WRAP OUR 1101 00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:01,925 HEADS AROUND. 1102 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:05,863 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE 1103 00:46:05,863 --> 00:46:07,631 REORGANIZATION OF THE NIH AND 1104 00:46:07,631 --> 00:46:11,802 I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THE 1105 00:46:11,802 --> 00:46:13,671 REORGANIZATION PLANS ACROSS 1106 00:46:13,671 --> 00:46:15,139 INSTITUTES, BUT THERE ARE 1107 00:46:15,139 --> 00:46:17,508 STRUCTURES THAT CUT ACROSS ALL 1108 00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:20,444 INSTITUTES THAT HAVE BEEN 1109 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,413 IDENTIFIED AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1110 00:46:22,413 --> 00:46:24,014 CENTRALIZATION OR 1111 00:46:24,014 --> 00:46:25,115 REORGANIZATION. 1112 00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:27,117 AND THE NUMBER ONE IS PEER 1113 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:27,518 REVIEW. 1114 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:31,922 SO, AS YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR 1115 00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:32,656 WITH IT, TRADITIONALLY 1116 00:46:32,656 --> 00:46:34,091 APPLICATIONS HAVE EITHER BEEN 1117 00:46:34,091 --> 00:46:38,662 ASSIGNED TO THE CENTER FOR 1118 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:40,864 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW, OR TO NIC, 1119 00:46:40,864 --> 00:46:46,036 WHERE EACH INSTITUTE HAS HAD 1120 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:50,607 THEIR OWN REVIEW TEAMS TO HELP 1121 00:46:50,607 --> 00:46:51,875 PROSECUTE UNIQUENESS OF TOPIC 1122 00:46:51,875 --> 00:46:55,212 AREA, THERE MAY BE A UNIQUE 1123 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:56,613 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT SORT OF 1124 00:46:56,613 --> 00:46:59,550 TUNED INTO THE MISSION OF THAT 1125 00:46:59,550 --> 00:47:02,052 INSTITUTE, SO WE AS INSTITUTES 1126 00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:05,789 HAVE ALWAYS HAD A REVIEW PROCESS 1127 00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:07,191 THAT'S A MINORITY OF ALL THE 1128 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:09,860 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING IN 1129 00:47:09,860 --> 00:47:11,495 BUT REALLY SERVING THE SPECIAL 1130 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:14,798 FUNCTION AND MISSION OF THOSE 1131 00:47:14,798 --> 00:47:15,265 INSTITUTES. 1132 00:47:15,265 --> 00:47:18,902 AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER THAT, 1133 00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:21,805 WHETHER IT GOES TO CSR OR TO THE 1134 00:47:21,805 --> 00:47:26,443 INSTITUTE ITSELF AND IN OUR CASE 1135 00:47:26,443 --> 00:47:30,614 OUR PROGRAMS, Ks AND Ts, 1136 00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:32,316 MULTI-COMPONENT APPLICATIONS 1137 00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:33,617 NOTABLY THE P41 PROGRAM, WHICH 1138 00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:35,085 MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, 1139 00:47:35,085 --> 00:47:38,422 AND HAS HAD ITS OWN SORT OF 1140 00:47:38,422 --> 00:47:40,257 UNIQUE REVIEW TYPES OF 1141 00:47:40,257 --> 00:47:41,859 APPROACHES BECAUSE WE'RE THE 1142 00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:44,194 ONLY INSTITUTE LEFT STANDING 1143 00:47:44,194 --> 00:47:50,167 THAT HAS A P41 PROGRAM THAT 1144 00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:55,139 DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO CUTTING 1145 00:47:55,139 --> 00:47:56,173 EDGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, 1146 00:47:56,173 --> 00:47:59,143 MISSIONS DISSEMINATION AND SO 1147 00:47:59,143 --> 00:47:59,343 FORTH. 1148 00:47:59,343 --> 00:48:01,545 SO AFTER THAT, EITHER PATHWAY, 1149 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:03,580 THE INSTITUTE WILL DEVELOP A PAY 1150 00:48:03,580 --> 00:48:05,916 PLAN, COUNCIL REVIEW FUNDING 1151 00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:08,018 DECISIONS, AND GRANTS AWARD. 1152 00:48:08,018 --> 00:48:10,821 THAT'S NO LONGER IN FORCE. 1153 00:48:10,821 --> 00:48:13,690 THE INSTITUTE PATHWAY HAS NOW 1154 00:48:13,690 --> 00:48:15,492 BEEN ELIMINATED, AND CSR IS IN 1155 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:20,164 THE PROCESS OF BEING 1156 00:48:20,164 --> 00:48:23,133 REORGANIZED, INCLUDING 1157 00:48:23,133 --> 00:48:24,134 RECRUITING THE REVIEW OFFICERS 1158 00:48:24,134 --> 00:48:27,805 FROM EACH INSTITUTE TO COME INTO 1159 00:48:27,805 --> 00:48:30,174 THE CENTRAL CSR, AND SO WE'RE 1160 00:48:30,174 --> 00:48:40,184 FORTUNATE TO HAVE FOUR OF OUR 1161 00:48:40,184 --> 00:48:42,019 SROs MOVE INTO CSR TO HELP 1162 00:48:42,019 --> 00:48:44,555 REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF OUR 1163 00:48:44,555 --> 00:48:48,826 COMMUNITIES, SO CSR ASSURES US 1164 00:48:48,826 --> 00:48:52,529 THAT THAT SPECIAL FUNCTION OF 1165 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:53,096 PRESERVATION, PRESERVING THE 1166 00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:56,033 INTEGRITY OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY 1167 00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:58,735 IS DOING WITHIN THE CSR AND SORT 1168 00:48:58,735 --> 00:49:00,938 OF MAKING IT FAIR FOR TECHNOLOGY 1169 00:49:00,938 --> 00:49:04,007 DEVELOPERS IN SORT OF THIS 1170 00:49:04,007 --> 00:49:05,442 LARGER STRUCTURE WILL BE ENSURED 1171 00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:07,144 SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT VERY, 1172 00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:08,312 VERY CLOSELY. 1173 00:49:08,312 --> 00:49:12,082 BUT BOTTOM LINE IS HERE THAT ALL 1174 00:49:12,082 --> 00:49:13,550 APPLICATIONS WILL GO THROUGH 1175 00:49:13,550 --> 00:49:13,851 CSR. 1176 00:49:13,851 --> 00:49:16,353 AND THIS IS A BIG 1177 00:49:16,353 --> 00:49:16,720 TRANSFORMATION. 1178 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:17,688 IT'S A HEAVY ORGANIZATIONAL 1179 00:49:17,688 --> 00:49:18,222 LIFT. 1180 00:49:18,222 --> 00:49:22,159 TIME SCALE FOR THIS IS EXTREMELY 1181 00:49:22,159 --> 00:49:22,392 FAST. 1182 00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:24,127 I DON'T REMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE 1183 00:49:24,127 --> 00:49:25,896 A DATE ON IT, BUT DO YOU GUYS 1184 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:29,066 REMEMBER WHAT THE DATE IS? 1185 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:32,569 >> I MEAN, IT WILL BE COMPLETE 1186 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:33,871 FOR OCTOBER COUNCIL 1187 00:49:33,871 --> 00:49:36,940 APPLICATIONS, ALREADY IN 1188 00:49:36,940 --> 00:49:40,010 PROGRESS, ALL OF THE 1189 00:49:40,010 --> 00:49:41,111 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, SROs IN 1190 00:49:41,111 --> 00:49:47,050 CSR, SO IT'S HAPPENING NOW. 1191 00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:50,487 >> THESE ARE OUR BIGGEST, MOST 1192 00:49:50,487 --> 00:49:52,522 IMMEDIATE CHANGES IMPACTING THE 1193 00:49:52,522 --> 00:49:54,258 EXTRAMURAL COMMUNITY, ASIDE FROM 1194 00:49:54,258 --> 00:49:57,127 ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS, YEAH, 1195 00:49:57,127 --> 00:49:59,730 BUT THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN 1196 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:01,131 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, AND, YOU 1197 00:50:01,131 --> 00:50:03,934 KNOW, IT'S QUITE SUBSTANTIAL. 1198 00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:06,970 AND SO THIS IS INVOLVED AND 1199 00:50:06,970 --> 00:50:11,208 CONNECTED TO THE CENTRALIZATION 1200 00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:11,708 PEER REVIEW. 1201 00:50:11,708 --> 00:50:13,944 AND, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO REVIEW 1202 00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:15,145 IS BUDGET. 1203 00:50:15,145 --> 00:50:18,048 SO LET'S GO OVER BUDGET UPDATES. 1204 00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:23,020 AND I HOPE NOT TO CONFUSE YOU. 1205 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:25,555 THIS SITUATION FY 25 WE'RE 1206 00:50:25,555 --> 00:50:26,857 OPERATING UNDER A FULL-YEAR 1207 00:50:26,857 --> 00:50:30,494 CONTINUING RESOLUTION THROUGH 1208 00:50:30,494 --> 00:50:31,595 SEPTEMBER 30th, THAT'S AT FY 1209 00:50:31,595 --> 00:50:37,200 24 APPROACH RIGS LEVEL OF $441 1210 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:37,668 MILLION. 1211 00:50:37,668 --> 00:50:43,840 FY 25 THERE'S AN IMPACT ON 1212 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,543 SEVERAL NIH-WIDE PROGRAMS THAT 1213 00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:47,411 IN PARTICULAR NIBIB, OUR 1214 00:50:47,411 --> 00:50:49,513 COMMUNITY, IS FUNDED BY. 1215 00:50:49,513 --> 00:50:51,181 SO WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN 1216 00:50:51,181 --> 00:50:53,583 WORKING WITH THE BRAIN 1217 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:54,985 INITIATIVE, THAT'S TAKEN A HUGE 1218 00:50:54,985 --> 00:50:55,419 HIT. 1219 00:50:55,419 --> 00:50:59,289 I THINK AS MANY OF YOU KNOW FROM 1220 00:50:59,289 --> 00:51:01,024 $172 MILLION DOWN TO $91 1221 00:51:01,024 --> 00:51:01,258 MILLION. 1222 00:51:01,258 --> 00:51:04,294 THAT'S A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR 1223 00:51:04,294 --> 00:51:07,030 COMMUNITY, WHICH IS PUTTING AN 1224 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:08,665 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND 1225 00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:11,301 IMPACTFUL ROLE IN DRIVING 1226 00:51:11,301 --> 00:51:14,938 FORWARD NEW NEUROSCIENCE AND 1227 00:51:14,938 --> 00:51:19,009 PARTICULARLY BRAIN IMAGING AND 1228 00:51:19,009 --> 00:51:21,611 BRAIN -- EVEN NEUROTHERAPEUTIC 1229 00:51:21,611 --> 00:51:22,245 APPLICATIONS. 1230 00:51:22,245 --> 00:51:23,246 ARPA-H IS UNAFFECTED BY THAT 1231 00:51:23,246 --> 00:51:23,413 CUT. 1232 00:51:23,413 --> 00:51:25,615 AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 1233 00:51:25,615 --> 00:51:26,683 INVESTIGATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY 1234 00:51:26,683 --> 00:51:28,485 IN GENERAL THAT ARE SUPPORTED 1235 00:51:28,485 --> 00:51:29,586 WIDELY BY ARPA-H. 1236 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:33,323 SO THIS IS STILL QUITE VIABLE 1237 00:51:33,323 --> 00:51:34,725 PATHWAY, ALTHOUGH FY 26, YOU 1238 00:51:34,725 --> 00:51:36,393 KNOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT 1239 00:51:36,393 --> 00:51:38,228 WILL BE COMING FOR EITHER OF 1240 00:51:38,228 --> 00:51:40,030 THOSE PROGRAMS. 1241 00:51:40,030 --> 00:51:42,966 SO THE R01 PAY LINE FOR PARENT 1242 00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:44,568 R01 ANNOUNCEMENTS BASED ON ALL 1243 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:47,871 THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 1244 00:51:47,871 --> 00:51:50,574 HAPPENING, WE'RE PRELIMINARILY 1245 00:51:50,574 --> 00:51:51,508 SETTING -- WELL, WE'RE SETTING 1246 00:51:51,508 --> 00:51:53,310 AND WE HOPE THIS STANDS BUT 1247 00:51:53,310 --> 00:51:55,145 THERE COULD BE OTHER CHANGES, 1248 00:51:55,145 --> 00:51:59,516 AND THAT'S THE CONFUSING PART. 1249 00:51:59,516 --> 00:52:02,319 SO WE'RE STILL LISTENING AND 1250 00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:07,724 WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET OFFICE 1251 00:52:07,724 --> 00:52:09,359 AND TO THE POLICIES THAT ARE 1252 00:52:09,359 --> 00:52:11,128 COMING OUT OF THE OFFICE OF 1253 00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:12,729 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 1254 00:52:12,729 --> 00:52:15,632 SO THAT'S THE CAVEAT TO ALL OF 1255 00:52:15,632 --> 00:52:16,700 THIS. 1256 00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:19,870 SO OUR PAYLINE FOR R01 RIGHT NOW 1257 00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:22,739 IS 12%, 17 PER CENT FOR NEW 1258 00:52:22,739 --> 00:52:26,443 INVESTIGATORS, 29% FOR 1259 00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:26,977 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 1260 00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,413 AND THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED TO 1261 00:52:29,413 --> 00:52:32,015 SERVE THE NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT 1262 00:52:32,015 --> 00:52:33,450 WE'RE ABLE TO FUND, I'LL GET TO 1263 00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:35,118 THAT IN JUST A SECOND. 1264 00:52:35,118 --> 00:52:38,922 THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE. 1265 00:52:38,922 --> 00:52:41,124 THE FY 26 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 1266 00:52:41,124 --> 00:52:44,127 REQUEST HAS I THINK MANY OF YOU 1267 00:52:44,127 --> 00:52:46,897 ARE FAMILIAR WITH, NIBIB 1268 00:52:46,897 --> 00:52:47,731 CONSOLIDATING INTO A NATIONAL 1269 00:52:47,731 --> 00:52:51,134 INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL 1270 00:52:51,134 --> 00:52:54,271 SCIENCES, AND THE NIH TOTAL 1271 00:52:54,271 --> 00:53:00,177 BUDGET WOULD DECREASE 40% FROM 1272 00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:03,280 FY 25, ABOUT $27.5 BILLION, 1273 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,917 NIBIB WOULD COMMENSURATELY BE 1274 00:53:06,917 --> 00:53:09,686 REDUCED DOWN TO $262 MILLION, 1275 00:53:09,686 --> 00:53:11,988 ROUGHLY OUR FY 2002 LEVELS, 1276 00:53:11,988 --> 00:53:14,624 INITIAL APPROPRIATION LEVELS. 1277 00:53:14,624 --> 00:53:19,029 SO, THAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S 1278 00:53:19,029 --> 00:53:19,262 BUDGET. 1279 00:53:19,262 --> 00:53:22,065 NOW, FY 25, WHAT ARE THE GOALS, 1280 00:53:22,065 --> 00:53:24,534 HOW DO WE COME UP WITH PAYLINE 1281 00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:24,801 TARGETS? 1282 00:53:24,801 --> 00:53:27,304 WE WANT TO SUSTAIN COMPETING R01 1283 00:53:27,304 --> 00:53:31,608 AWARDS IN THE 90 TO 95 BALL PARK 1284 00:53:31,608 --> 00:53:34,845 AS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PROTECT 1285 00:53:34,845 --> 00:53:35,512 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS, AGAIN 1286 00:53:35,512 --> 00:53:40,283 ROUGHLY 15 TO 20 OF THESE R01 1287 00:53:40,283 --> 00:53:41,785 AWARDS FOR ESIs IN PREVIOUS 1288 00:53:41,785 --> 00:53:44,621 YEARS, THAT'S KIND OF KEY GOAL. 1289 00:53:44,621 --> 00:53:47,124 IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE 1290 00:53:47,124 --> 00:53:49,259 REDUCTIONS TO SOME COMPETING 1291 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:50,460 AWARDS, THIS WOULD BE LESS 1292 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:53,196 DRASTIC THAN LAST YEAR SO 10% 1293 00:53:53,196 --> 00:53:57,234 REDUCTION TO R01s TO ESIs, 1294 00:53:57,234 --> 00:53:59,402 AND ALL MODULAR BUDGETS LESS 1295 00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:03,240 THAN 250K, AS YOU KNOW, 20% TO 1296 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:06,076 R01s TO NON-ESIs WITH 1297 00:54:06,076 --> 00:54:08,145 NON-MODULAR BUDGETS GREATEN THAN 1298 00:54:08,145 --> 00:54:08,345 250K. 1299 00:54:08,345 --> 00:54:10,080 SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO 1300 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,115 HAVE NO REDUCTION FOR 1301 00:54:12,115 --> 00:54:15,418 NON-COMPETING AWARDS, 1302 00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:19,122 CONTINUATION AWARDS WOULD BE 1303 00:54:19,122 --> 00:54:20,023 AWARDED AT FULL COMMITTED 1304 00:54:20,023 --> 00:54:20,457 LEVELS. 1305 00:54:20,457 --> 00:54:22,192 AGAIN TAKE A LOOK AT THE 1306 00:54:22,192 --> 00:54:23,193 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WEBSITE. 1307 00:54:23,193 --> 00:54:27,364 THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FROM THIS 1308 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:30,000 MOMENT IN TIME AND IF YOU'RE 1309 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:30,600 FOLLOWING PRONOUNCEMENTS FROM 1310 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:31,635 THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 1311 00:54:31,635 --> 00:54:33,069 BUDGET AND THEIR STRATEGY WE 1312 00:54:33,069 --> 00:54:34,771 COULD BE IMPACTED BY THOSE. 1313 00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:38,475 I MEAN, WE WILL BE IMPACTED BY 1314 00:54:38,475 --> 00:54:39,743 THOSE, IT JUST DEPENDS WHICH 1315 00:54:39,743 --> 00:54:42,679 ONES ARE REALLY ACTUALLY MOVING 1316 00:54:42,679 --> 00:54:43,113 FORWARD. 1317 00:54:43,113 --> 00:54:46,516 AND JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY IF 1318 00:54:46,516 --> 00:54:47,584 YOU'RE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY, 1319 00:54:47,584 --> 00:54:49,286 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE RELEASE 1320 00:54:49,286 --> 00:54:52,222 FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, I BELIEVE 1321 00:54:52,222 --> 00:54:55,058 ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK. 1322 00:54:55,058 --> 00:54:56,459 PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF NIH 1323 00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:57,394 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1324 00:54:57,394 --> 00:55:01,831 WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN 1325 00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:02,566 PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT 1326 00:55:02,566 --> 00:55:04,768 THE KATHY MCMORRIS ROGER 1327 00:55:04,768 --> 00:55:06,303 SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSAL TO 1328 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:07,604 REORGANIZE INTO 15 DIFFERENT 1329 00:55:07,604 --> 00:55:10,340 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AND 1330 00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:12,642 MAINTAIN THE BUDGET AS IT WAS 1331 00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:13,343 EXACTLY BEFORE. 1332 00:55:13,343 --> 00:55:15,145 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD A CHANCE 1333 00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:18,682 TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER AT THAT 1334 00:55:18,682 --> 00:55:19,082 TIME. 1335 00:55:19,082 --> 00:55:20,684 IN RETROSPECT IT LOOKS PRETTY 1336 00:55:20,684 --> 00:55:20,884 GOOD. 1337 00:55:20,884 --> 00:55:23,987 SO HERE IS THE REORGANIZATION. 1338 00:55:23,987 --> 00:55:26,156 AND YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE, KIND 1339 00:55:26,156 --> 00:55:28,592 OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TABLE 1340 00:55:28,592 --> 00:55:30,894 WHERE WE WOULD BE PART OF A 1341 00:55:30,894 --> 00:55:33,230 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL 1342 00:55:33,230 --> 00:55:36,967 MEDICAL SCIENCES WITH ABOUT A 1343 00:55:36,967 --> 00:55:39,135 $3.7 BILLION BUDGET. 1344 00:55:39,135 --> 00:55:41,805 WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS 1345 00:55:41,805 --> 00:55:42,706 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WOULD 1346 00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:42,973 LOOK. 1347 00:55:42,973 --> 00:55:45,041 LET ME GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS 1348 00:55:45,041 --> 00:55:51,615 SLIDE AND LINGER ON THAT A BIT. 1349 00:55:51,615 --> 00:55:53,617 SO, OBVIOUSLY NIGMS, NHGRI, 1350 00:55:53,617 --> 00:55:55,619 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, 1351 00:55:55,619 --> 00:55:57,787 US, AND NCATS WOULD BE COUPLED 1352 00:55:57,787 --> 00:55:59,222 TOGETHER. 1353 00:55:59,222 --> 00:56:02,525 AND THE OTHER INSTITUTES, YOU 1354 00:56:02,525 --> 00:56:08,331 CAN SEE THE NEW NOMENCLATURE 1355 00:56:08,331 --> 00:56:10,667 HERE, NCI, NIA, AND NIAID WOULD 1356 00:56:10,667 --> 00:56:12,335 EFFECTIVELY REMAIN THE SAME. 1357 00:56:12,335 --> 00:56:14,504 THESE ARE EITHER THE THREE 1358 00:56:14,504 --> 00:56:16,473 LARGEST, CERTAINLY TWO OF THE 1359 00:56:16,473 --> 00:56:18,141 THREE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE NIA 1360 00:56:18,141 --> 00:56:22,178 IS, PROBABLY UP THERE AS WELL, 1361 00:56:22,178 --> 00:56:25,849 YEAH, SO THEY WOULD BE 1362 00:56:25,849 --> 00:56:28,551 MAINTAINED AS INDEPENDENT 1363 00:56:28,551 --> 00:56:28,852 INSTITUTES. 1364 00:56:28,852 --> 00:56:32,489 GOING ALONG WITH THIS WOULD BE 1365 00:56:32,489 --> 00:56:36,926 THE ELIMINATION OF FOUR, NCCIH, 1366 00:56:36,926 --> 00:56:40,930 NIMHD, NINR, AND FOGARTY CENTER, 1367 00:56:40,930 --> 00:56:48,772 AND NIEHS WOULD MOVE OVER TO HHS 1368 00:56:48,772 --> 00:56:51,341 IN THE NEWLY CREATED AHA, I 1369 00:56:51,341 --> 00:56:59,816 FORGOT WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. 1370 00:56:59,816 --> 00:57:00,216 ADMINISTRATIVE -- 1371 00:57:00,216 --> 00:57:02,485 >> NEW. 1372 00:57:02,485 --> 00:57:04,888 >> IT'S A NEW ADMINISTRATION. 1373 00:57:04,888 --> 00:57:07,824 SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BUDGET. 1374 00:57:07,824 --> 00:57:09,426 THERE ARE ALSO PRIORITIES IN. 1375 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:14,597 THERE AS I NOTE, WE ALL NOTE, 1376 00:57:14,597 --> 00:57:19,969 THAT IT'S -- PRESIDENT'S BUDGETS 1377 00:57:19,969 --> 00:57:23,707 ARE TYPICALLY NOT ASKED, IF WE 1378 00:57:23,707 --> 00:57:26,276 LOOK AT PRIOR HISTORY, TIMES ARE 1379 00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:27,110 DIFFERENT NOW, SO WE JUST DON'T 1380 00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:31,247 KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK 1381 00:57:31,247 --> 00:57:32,048 OUT. 1382 00:57:32,048 --> 00:57:36,019 LET ME RUN THROUGH RFAs AND 1383 00:57:36,019 --> 00:57:36,486 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 1384 00:57:36,486 --> 00:57:38,455 WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR 1385 00:57:38,455 --> 00:57:40,390 ATTENTION, SOME DUE DATES IN A 1386 00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:42,025 COUPLE DAYS LIKE THIS ONE, 1387 00:57:42,025 --> 00:57:44,794 YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AMAZING 1388 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:48,531 POCTRN PROGRAM LED BY TIFFANY 1389 00:57:48,531 --> 00:57:53,136 TIFFANI LASH, AND WE HAVE 1390 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:55,372 VISIBILITY WITHIN POCTRN FOR 1391 00:57:55,372 --> 00:58:00,977 EACH OF THE SITES TO SOLICIT 1392 00:58:00,977 --> 00:58:03,713 APPLICATIONS FOR AWARDS, AND GO 1393 00:58:03,713 --> 00:58:05,648 THROUGH POCTRN INTERNAL REVIEW 1394 00:58:05,648 --> 00:58:09,185 SO IT'S BEEN SORT OF A CLEVER 1395 00:58:09,185 --> 00:58:11,020 ORGANIZATIONAL AND 1396 00:58:11,020 --> 00:58:12,122 ADMINISTRATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR 1397 00:58:12,122 --> 00:58:14,157 US TO ACCELERATE THE TURNAROUND 1398 00:58:14,157 --> 00:58:18,661 TIME FROM GREAT IDEA TO FUNDING, 1399 00:58:18,661 --> 00:58:19,996 AND STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE 1400 00:58:19,996 --> 00:58:22,265 MISSION OF THE U54 PROGRAM 1401 00:58:22,265 --> 00:58:22,732 ITSELF. 1402 00:58:22,732 --> 00:58:24,334 SO, WE'RE DOING THESE IN NEW 1403 00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:27,637 AREAS OF FOCUS, CHRONIC DISEASE, 1404 00:58:27,637 --> 00:58:29,806 LONG TIME FOCUS IN INFECTIOUS 1405 00:58:29,806 --> 00:58:32,709 DISEASE, BUT ALSO SOLICITING 1406 00:58:32,709 --> 00:58:34,778 THESE INTO PREVENTION, CANCER 1407 00:58:34,778 --> 00:58:38,047 DETECTION, HEART, LUNG, BLOOD 1408 00:58:38,047 --> 00:58:38,882 AND SLEEP DISORDERS, STIS 1409 00:58:38,882 --> 00:58:41,017 INVESTING LOTS OF EFFORT HERE, 1410 00:58:41,017 --> 00:58:42,986 AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 1411 00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:44,654 IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS. 1412 00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:46,589 I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A 1413 00:58:46,589 --> 00:58:47,857 LOOK AT THIS. 1414 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:49,893 THIS IS -- IT'S A KIND OF -- 1415 00:58:49,893 --> 00:58:52,195 IT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE 1416 00:58:52,195 --> 00:58:53,363 PIONEERED HERE AT NIBIB, I THINK 1417 00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:55,231 IT'S A GREAT INTEREST TO OTHER 1418 00:58:55,231 --> 00:58:56,266 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1419 00:58:56,266 --> 00:58:58,868 AND IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATIONAL 1420 00:58:58,868 --> 00:58:59,969 PROCESS THAT'S DRIVEN THE RADx 1421 00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:03,506 PROGRAM SO ELEMENTS OF THAT WILL 1422 00:59:03,506 --> 00:59:04,808 BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS SO THAT 1423 00:59:04,808 --> 00:59:09,813 DUE DATES ARE JUNE 6, GET IN 1424 00:59:09,813 --> 00:59:11,047 TOUCH WITH TIFFANI, BUT THESE 1425 00:59:11,047 --> 00:59:14,317 WILL BE COMING UP ON A REGULAR 1426 00:59:14,317 --> 00:59:14,717 BASIS. 1427 00:59:14,717 --> 00:59:18,621 SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HAPPEN 1428 00:59:18,621 --> 00:59:20,056 AGAIN. 1429 00:59:20,056 --> 00:59:20,323 HOPEFULLY. 1430 00:59:20,323 --> 00:59:23,159 BUT, AGAIN, THAT'S SORT OF FY 26 1431 00:59:23,159 --> 00:59:23,927 BUDGETS. 1432 00:59:23,927 --> 00:59:24,961 WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM 1433 00:59:24,961 --> 00:59:28,198 WITH ALL OF YOU HELPING PROMOTE 1434 00:59:28,198 --> 00:59:30,066 IT AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 1435 00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:36,372 I GET THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO 1436 00:59:36,372 --> 00:59:42,078 HAVE THE VIDEOS FROM OUR LEADERS 1437 00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:43,613 AND ENTRANTS AND THOUGH SHOW 1438 00:59:43,613 --> 00:59:45,648 THEM TO COLLEAGUES AT NIH AND 1439 00:59:45,648 --> 00:59:46,115 OTHER AGENCIES. 1440 00:59:46,115 --> 00:59:47,750 WHEN I REMIND THEM THESE ARE 1441 00:59:47,750 --> 00:59:50,053 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, THEY ARE 1442 00:59:50,053 --> 00:59:50,920 ASTOUNDED. 1443 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:52,021 IT'S THE MOST IMPACTFUL VIDEO I 1444 00:59:52,021 --> 00:59:52,589 CAN SHOW. 1445 00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:54,524 LET'S KEEP THIS UP. 1446 00:59:54,524 --> 00:59:56,192 IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT IN HELPING 1447 00:59:56,192 --> 00:59:59,195 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF 1448 00:59:59,195 --> 01:00:03,900 TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMITMENT OF 1449 01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:04,534 OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND 1450 01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:08,805 TALENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 1451 01:00:08,805 --> 01:00:09,772 MY COLLEAGUES AND PEOPLE ACROSS 1452 01:00:09,772 --> 01:00:17,247 THE GOVERNMENT ARE ASTOUNDED. 1453 01:00:17,247 --> 01:00:18,748 WE'VE INCREASED TO $190,000, 1454 01:00:18,748 --> 01:00:21,718 REACH OUT TO DAVE AND TALK ABOUT 1455 01:00:21,718 --> 01:00:22,919 YOUR PROGRAMS AND THE CONNECTION 1456 01:00:22,919 --> 01:00:25,288 THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH EACH OF 1457 01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:26,055 THESE SPECIAL AWARDS. 1458 01:00:26,055 --> 01:00:29,792 WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN WITH 1459 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:31,895 CO-FUNDING FROM MULTIPLE 1460 01:00:31,895 --> 01:00:32,695 INSTITUTES, INCLUDING NEW 1461 01:00:32,695 --> 01:00:36,799 TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE OFFICE OF 1462 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,701 RESEARCH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH, 1463 01:00:38,701 --> 01:00:40,970 INSTITUTE OF AGING, AND FROM 1464 01:00:40,970 --> 01:00:42,205 VENTUREWELL, THE RISING STAR 1465 01:00:42,205 --> 01:00:42,438 PRIZE. 1466 01:00:42,438 --> 01:00:44,474 THIS IS ALL IN PROCESS. 1467 01:00:44,474 --> 01:00:46,943 I KNOW YOUR STUDENTS ARE LIKE 1468 01:00:46,943 --> 01:00:48,845 REALLY WORKING HARD TO GRADUATE 1469 01:00:48,845 --> 01:00:52,448 AND FINISH THEIR DESIGN PROJECTS 1470 01:00:52,448 --> 01:00:53,883 AND DO EVERYTHING 1471 01:00:53,883 --> 01:00:54,651 SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT REALLY 1472 01:00:54,651 --> 01:00:59,255 ENCOURAGE THEM, WE'LL BE 1473 01:00:59,255 --> 01:01:00,957 ANNOUNCING WINNERS TRADITIONAL 1474 01:01:00,957 --> 01:01:02,725 AT THE CONFERENCE THIS YEARS IN 1475 01:01:02,725 --> 01:01:03,026 SAN DIEGO. 1476 01:01:03,026 --> 01:01:05,461 YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THIS 1477 01:01:05,461 --> 01:01:07,130 COMMON FUND INITIATIVE, WHICH IS 1478 01:01:07,130 --> 01:01:09,399 SPECIALLY FUNDED BY THE NIH 1479 01:01:09,399 --> 01:01:11,701 DIRECTOR'S RESERVE FUND, I 1480 01:01:11,701 --> 01:01:12,669 BELIEVE $50 MILLION SET ASIDE. 1481 01:01:12,669 --> 01:01:17,173 THIS IS QUITE A UNIQUE FUNDING 1482 01:01:17,173 --> 01:01:17,774 OPPORTUNITY. 1483 01:01:17,774 --> 01:01:20,910 HE PRESENTED THIS IN THE RECENT 1484 01:01:20,910 --> 01:01:21,945 COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING, AND 1485 01:01:21,945 --> 01:01:24,113 SO I'LL HAVE A LINK IN ANOTHER 1486 01:01:24,113 --> 01:01:25,915 COUPLE SLIDES, MAYBE THE NEXT 1487 01:01:25,915 --> 01:01:30,587 SLIDE, TO THE VIDEO VIDEOCAST. 1488 01:01:30,587 --> 01:01:31,020 TAKE A LOOK. 1489 01:01:31,020 --> 01:01:33,356 I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 1490 01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:35,124 OUR COMMUNITY REALLY COULD MAKE 1491 01:01:35,124 --> 01:01:36,659 SOME MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN 1492 01:01:36,659 --> 01:01:39,295 TERMS OF QUANTITATIVE TYPES OF 1493 01:01:39,295 --> 01:01:40,663 TECHNOLOGIES AND STUDIES THAT 1494 01:01:40,663 --> 01:01:43,032 MIGHT BRING CLARITY TO THE 1495 01:01:43,032 --> 01:01:45,234 INTENT OF THIS FUNDING 1496 01:01:45,234 --> 01:01:45,535 OPPORTUNITY. 1497 01:01:45,535 --> 01:01:48,404 AND THIS WAS INTRODUCED REALLY 1498 01:01:48,404 --> 01:01:50,373 ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON JAY'S 1499 01:01:50,373 --> 01:01:51,908 ARRIVAL SO CLEARLY SOMETHING 1500 01:01:51,908 --> 01:01:54,744 THAT JAY AND THE SECRETARY HAVE 1501 01:01:54,744 --> 01:01:56,279 THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE HE EVEN 1502 01:01:56,279 --> 01:01:59,782 CAME ON BOARD, AND IT WILL BE A 1503 01:01:59,782 --> 01:02:01,017 RESULT OF THAT. 1504 01:02:01,017 --> 01:02:02,919 SPEAKING OF COUNCIL OF COUNCIL'S 1505 01:02:02,919 --> 01:02:05,288 JAY'S PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL 1506 01:02:05,288 --> 01:02:06,723 WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY 1507 01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:10,393 WITH OUR SUPER TALENTED NIBIB 1508 01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:15,264 PROGRAM LEADS AND MANY PROGRAM 1509 01:02:15,264 --> 01:02:17,433 OFFICERS ACROSS NIH, I BELIEVE 1510 01:02:17,433 --> 01:02:21,404 WE HAVE 19 INSTITUTES THAT ARE 1511 01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:22,672 ENGAGED IN THIS CONCEPT, 1512 01:02:22,672 --> 01:02:24,974 PRECISION MEDICINE WITH A.I., 1513 01:02:24,974 --> 01:02:27,744 INTEGRATING IMAGING WITH 1514 01:02:27,744 --> 01:02:30,913 MULTI-MODAL DATA, MIKE CHAN IS 1515 01:02:30,913 --> 01:02:33,750 THE DIRECTOR OF NEI WERE THE 1516 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:35,718 CO-CHAIRS, AND WE JUST RECENTLY 1517 01:02:35,718 --> 01:02:41,190 PRESENTED THIS AND YOU CAN SEE 1518 01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:43,726 THE QR CODES AND FOLLOW. 1519 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:45,795 WE PRESENTED THIS AT COUNCIL OF 1520 01:02:45,795 --> 01:02:49,198 COUNCILS, A GOOD ONE TO WATCH. 1521 01:02:49,198 --> 01:02:50,533 DR. BHATTACHARYA HAS A 1522 01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:51,934 PRESENTATION ON THE OTHER 1523 01:02:51,934 --> 01:02:53,136 INITIATIVE IS ALSO A GOOD ONE TO 1524 01:02:53,136 --> 01:02:53,503 WATCH. 1525 01:02:53,503 --> 01:02:55,338 THE IDEA IS SOMETHING SO 1526 01:02:55,338 --> 01:02:57,874 INTUITIVE AND SO LOGICAL FOR OUR 1527 01:02:57,874 --> 01:02:58,841 COMMUNITY BUT IT'S REVOLUTIONARY 1528 01:02:58,841 --> 01:03:02,412 IN TERMS OF BRIDGING THE GAP 1529 01:03:02,412 --> 01:03:05,782 BETWEEN THE BASIC RESEARCH AND 1530 01:03:05,782 --> 01:03:09,652 CLINICAL CARE IS TO DEVELOP 1531 01:03:09,652 --> 01:03:11,120 MULTI-MODAL DATA INTEGRATION 1532 01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:12,321 APPROACHES, ADVANCE ALGORITHMS 1533 01:03:12,321 --> 01:03:14,157 THAT WOULD INTEGRATE MULTIPLE 1534 01:03:14,157 --> 01:03:16,125 MODALITIES, AND DRIVE THEM 1535 01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:17,126 FORWARD INTO CLINICAL 1536 01:03:17,126 --> 01:03:18,628 IMPLEMENTATION, IF YOU'VE SEEN A 1537 01:03:18,628 --> 01:03:20,797 RADIOLOGY REPORT THAT'S 1538 01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:22,432 DELIVERED TO A PHYSICIAN WITH 1539 01:03:22,432 --> 01:03:26,736 THE IMPRESSION THAT'S GOT A 1540 01:03:26,736 --> 01:03:31,874 SUMMARY OF TWO MINDS, YOU RELATE 1541 01:03:31,874 --> 01:03:34,277 THAT, JUXTAPOSE THAT WITH THE 1542 01:03:34,277 --> 01:03:36,679 MEGABITS OR GIGABITS OF 1543 01:03:36,679 --> 01:03:39,148 INFORMATION CONTENT IN THREE AND 1544 01:03:39,148 --> 01:03:40,883 FOUR D IMAGES REQUIRED IN 1545 01:03:40,883 --> 01:03:43,319 STUDIES, THERE'S SUCH AN 1546 01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:44,687 ENORMOUS GAP. 1547 01:03:44,687 --> 01:03:46,522 SO THERE'S GREAT POTENTIAL HERE 1548 01:03:46,522 --> 01:03:51,060 AND THAT'S A BIT OF THE SORT OF 1549 01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:52,261 SPIRITUAL CORE INTENT OF THE 1550 01:03:52,261 --> 01:03:52,495 PROGRAM. 1551 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,964 THIS STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH 1552 01:03:54,964 --> 01:03:56,232 ANOTHER COUPLE OF HURDLES BUT IT 1553 01:03:56,232 --> 01:04:01,571 WAS VOTED ON BY COUNCIL OF 1554 01:04:01,571 --> 01:04:02,105 COUNCILS, NEARLY UNANIMOUS 1555 01:04:02,105 --> 01:04:02,805 APPROVAL, 12-2. 1556 01:04:02,805 --> 01:04:05,942 I CAN'T GET OVER THE 2 WHO VOTED 1557 01:04:05,942 --> 01:04:07,143 AGAINST IT. 1558 01:04:07,143 --> 01:04:09,779 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A VERY 1559 01:04:09,779 --> 01:04:10,680 BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCT AND 1560 01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:12,682 THOUGHTFUL PROGRAM, ONE OF THE 1561 01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:15,284 MOST IMPRESSIVE I'VE SEEN OF 1562 01:04:15,284 --> 01:04:18,821 COMMON FUND PROGRAMS, CERTAINLY 1563 01:04:18,821 --> 01:04:20,890 OUR COMMUNITY WILL MAKE A VERY 1564 01:04:20,890 --> 01:04:21,724 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE 1565 01:04:21,724 --> 01:04:23,493 OVERALL VISION AND MISSION OF 1566 01:04:23,493 --> 01:04:23,693 THIS. 1567 01:04:23,693 --> 01:04:26,729 IT HAS TO CLEAR THE NIH 1568 01:04:26,729 --> 01:04:27,830 DIRECTOR'S HURDLE ULTIMATELY TO 1569 01:04:27,830 --> 01:04:31,067 BE MOVED FORWARD AND I BELIEVE 1570 01:04:31,067 --> 01:04:34,270 THE HHS SECRETARY LEVEL, BUT I 1571 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:35,705 THINK ALL SIGNS LOOK PRETTY GOOD 1572 01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:36,906 SO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THIS. 1573 01:04:36,906 --> 01:04:42,612 GO TO THE WEBSITE AND TRACK IT. 1574 01:04:42,612 --> 01:04:47,116 I'LL ZIP THROUGH UPCOMING 1575 01:04:47,116 --> 01:04:49,385 WORKSHOPS AN MEETING. 1576 01:04:49,385 --> 01:04:51,354 THE CONSORTIUM MEETING, GAIN OF 1577 01:04:51,354 --> 01:04:52,555 FUNCTION RESEARCH ANNA 1578 01:04:52,555 --> 01:04:56,225 MENTIONED, THIS TOUCHES ON A LOT 1579 01:04:56,225 --> 01:04:57,860 OF POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES IN THIS 1580 01:04:57,860 --> 01:04:59,328 FIELD, IN THIS COMMUNITY, SO 1581 01:04:59,328 --> 01:05:00,463 HOPEFULLY THAT TOPIC WILL BE 1582 01:05:00,463 --> 01:05:01,063 BROUGHT UP. 1583 01:05:01,063 --> 01:05:05,001 AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 1584 01:05:05,001 --> 01:05:06,803 AND GROWING AREA, PARTICULARLY 1585 01:05:06,803 --> 01:05:09,071 FOR QUANTITATIVE TYPES OF 1586 01:05:09,071 --> 01:05:12,308 APPROACHES AND MOVEMENTS OF 1587 01:05:12,308 --> 01:05:17,647 CONCEPTS TO REALLY SUPPORT THE 1588 01:05:17,647 --> 01:05:18,414 ENTIRE BIOCOMMUNITY, IN 1589 01:05:18,414 --> 01:05:21,250 NOVEMBER, HYBRID EVENT WITH LOTS 1590 01:05:21,250 --> 01:05:23,486 OF EXCITING PRESENTATIONS AND 1591 01:05:23,486 --> 01:05:25,388 PEOPLE COMING. 1592 01:05:25,388 --> 01:05:26,656 THIS NCI WORKSHOP ON 1593 01:05:26,656 --> 01:05:27,423 MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WAS 1594 01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:30,193 DELAYED, PART OF MY FEBRUARY OR 1595 01:05:30,193 --> 01:05:33,329 MY JANUARY COUNCIL SLIDE 1596 01:05:33,329 --> 01:05:34,130 PRESENTATION BUT JESSICA IS 1597 01:05:34,130 --> 01:05:38,868 LEADING OUR EFFORT HERE. 1598 01:05:38,868 --> 01:05:41,871 AND WE, OUR COMMUNITY, THE 1599 01:05:41,871 --> 01:05:43,072 NUMBER ONE BIOENGINEERING 1600 01:05:43,072 --> 01:05:46,042 APPLICATION FOCUS AREA IS IN 1601 01:05:46,042 --> 01:05:47,009 CANCER RESEARCH. 1602 01:05:47,009 --> 01:05:50,780 WE JUST ANALYZED THIS DATA FOR A 1603 01:05:50,780 --> 01:05:53,382 NASA MEETING JUST RECENTLY HELD 1604 01:05:53,382 --> 01:05:59,522 ON CANCER ENGINEERING AND CANCER 1605 01:05:59,522 --> 01:06:06,195 ENGINEERING IS GROWING 1606 01:06:06,195 --> 01:06:06,896 MICROSYSTEMS ARE FUNDAMENTAL, 1607 01:06:06,896 --> 01:06:09,665 17% OF OUR BUDGE NOTE CANCER 1608 01:06:09,665 --> 01:06:11,067 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES, A VERY 1609 01:06:11,067 --> 01:06:12,869 IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AND I THINK 1610 01:06:12,869 --> 01:06:17,907 I'LL BE GIVING A TALK TO KICK 1611 01:06:17,907 --> 01:06:19,742 THIS OFF AND LOTS OF OUTSTANDING 1612 01:06:19,742 --> 01:06:20,076 INVESTIGATORS. 1613 01:06:20,076 --> 01:06:21,844 WILBUR IS PART OF THIS. 1614 01:06:21,844 --> 01:06:25,181 WILBUR, YOU MAY COMMENT ON THIS 1615 01:06:25,181 --> 01:06:26,782 A LITTLE LATER. 1616 01:06:26,782 --> 01:06:28,317 AND THEN IN CORONARY ARTERY 1617 01:06:28,317 --> 01:06:31,087 DISEASE THIS IS A JOINT WORKSHOP 1618 01:06:31,087 --> 01:06:35,258 WITH NHLBI, REALLY FOR SETTING 1619 01:06:35,258 --> 01:06:44,800 THE VISION FOR 2040, FUTURE, 1620 01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:46,235 GRAND CHALLENGES. 1621 01:06:46,235 --> 01:06:50,640 MARTIN HAS JUMPED INTO THIS 1622 01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:50,840 TOPIC. 1623 01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:51,807 IT'S VISION SETTING, AND 1624 01:06:51,807 --> 01:06:56,379 THINKING THROUGH HOW WE CAN MAKE 1625 01:06:56,379 --> 01:06:59,682 VERY SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES THAT 1626 01:06:59,682 --> 01:07:03,319 ARE ALSO WIDELY ACCESSIBLE, THAT 1627 01:07:03,319 --> 01:07:04,654 CAN IDENTIFY CLINICAL CORONARY 1628 01:07:04,654 --> 01:07:06,022 ARTERY DISEASE AND REDUCE 1629 01:07:06,022 --> 01:07:09,258 MORTALITY RATES WHICH AS WE NOTE 1630 01:07:09,258 --> 01:07:11,794 WITH DISCUSSION ON HEALTHY 1631 01:07:11,794 --> 01:07:12,395 OUTCOMES, TESTIMONY THAT IS 1632 01:07:12,395 --> 01:07:20,503 GIVEN IN CONGRESS ABOUT THIS 1633 01:07:20,503 --> 01:07:22,905 TOPIC, WHEN YOU DIG INTO CHANGES 1634 01:07:22,905 --> 01:07:23,940 IN CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR 1635 01:07:23,940 --> 01:07:27,143 DISEASE THEY HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS 1636 01:07:27,143 --> 01:07:30,179 AND FACILITATE AND DRIVEN IN 1637 01:07:30,179 --> 01:07:34,283 LARGE PART, I'M BIASED, BUT MANY 1638 01:07:34,283 --> 01:07:35,985 SPECTACULAR TECHNOLOGIC ADVANCES 1639 01:07:35,985 --> 01:07:42,124 IN EARLY DETECTION, EARLY 1640 01:07:42,124 --> 01:07:43,359 DIAGNOSIS, AND EARLY 1641 01:07:43,359 --> 01:07:43,693 INTERVENTION. 1642 01:07:43,693 --> 01:07:50,800 PROMISING TO AN EXCITING 1643 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:51,701 WORKSHOP. 1644 01:07:51,701 --> 01:07:52,902 PROGRAM UPDATES, MATERNAL RADx 1645 01:07:52,902 --> 01:07:55,972 CHALLENGE WITH NICHD, THIS HAS 1646 01:07:55,972 --> 01:08:02,244 BEEN A $10 MILLION PRIZE 1647 01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:06,182 PROGRAM, SO SEAN LED THIS 1648 01:08:06,182 --> 01:08:07,817 OUTCOME REVIEW, SEAN MULVANEY, 1649 01:08:07,817 --> 01:08:11,654 ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLY TALENTED 1650 01:08:11,654 --> 01:08:15,191 PROGRAM OFFICERS, HELPING LEAD A 1651 01:08:15,191 --> 01:08:17,293 PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM, AROUND 1652 01:08:17,293 --> 01:08:17,927 THIS IS EXCITING, SOMETHING 1653 01:08:17,927 --> 01:08:25,468 INCREASINGLY WE NEED TO DO AND 1654 01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:26,102 COMMUNICATE TO STAKEHOLDERS, SO 1655 01:08:26,102 --> 01:08:30,606 FIRST OF ALL EIGHT OF THE TEN 1656 01:08:30,606 --> 01:08:35,177 TEAMS HAVE PLANNED OR INITIATED 1657 01:08:35,177 --> 01:08:38,748 CLINICAL TRIALS, IN THE SIX 1658 01:08:38,748 --> 01:08:42,785 MONTHS FOLLOWING THESE AWARDS, 1659 01:08:42,785 --> 01:08:43,586 QUITE MODEST, DRIVEN LEVERAGING 1660 01:08:43,586 --> 01:08:45,755 OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH OF THE 1661 01:08:45,755 --> 01:08:49,992 COMPANIES, THREE TEAMS HAVE 1662 01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:53,329 SUBMITTED OR RECEIVED REGULATORY 1663 01:08:53,329 --> 01:08:55,297 APPROVALS, TWO TEAMS LAUNCHED 1664 01:08:55,297 --> 01:08:57,099 TECHNOLOGY, THREE INVOLVED IN 1665 01:08:57,099 --> 01:09:00,936 SCALING UP MANUFACTURING, SO FOR 1666 01:09:00,936 --> 01:09:02,905 QUITE MODEST INVESTMENTS BUT A 1667 01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:07,410 LOT OF OTHER SUPPORT, FROM 1668 01:09:07,410 --> 01:09:08,944 EXPERTS, GUIDANCE, INTERACTION, 1669 01:09:08,944 --> 01:09:10,179 COLLABORATIVE ACTION WITH FDA 1670 01:09:10,179 --> 01:09:12,281 THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS, ONE OF 1671 01:09:12,281 --> 01:09:14,984 THE KEY ADDED VALUES OF OUR 1672 01:09:14,984 --> 01:09:19,121 COMMUNITY AND THE NIBIB IN 1673 01:09:19,121 --> 01:09:21,957 GENERAL, $5 MILLION IN FOLLOW-ON 1674 01:09:21,957 --> 01:09:22,258 FUNDING. 1675 01:09:22,258 --> 01:09:25,327 SO INITIALLY WE SET UP A $10 1676 01:09:25,327 --> 01:09:27,296 MILLION AWARD STRUCTURE ACROSS 1677 01:09:27,296 --> 01:09:31,467 ALL OF THESE, AND ALREADY IN SIX 1678 01:09:31,467 --> 01:09:33,903 MONTHS 50% OF THAT HAS BEEN 1679 01:09:33,903 --> 01:09:36,605 REINVESTED WITH MORE JOBS BEING 1680 01:09:36,605 --> 01:09:36,839 CREATED. 1681 01:09:36,839 --> 01:09:38,908 THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE THE 1682 01:09:38,908 --> 01:09:42,244 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS, SIX OF 1683 01:09:42,244 --> 01:09:45,981 THEM, ARE POINT OF CARE, SOME 1684 01:09:45,981 --> 01:09:53,122 POTENTIALLY HOME BASED, RAPID 1685 01:09:53,122 --> 01:09:53,823 TURNAROUND TIME, ALIGNED WITH 1686 01:09:53,823 --> 01:09:59,462 MOVEMENTS AND VISION OF OUR 1687 01:09:59,462 --> 01:09:59,895 FEET. 1688 01:09:59,895 --> 01:10:01,997 SEAN HAS BEEN LEADING THE VIRAL 1689 01:10:01,997 --> 01:10:03,632 LOAD INITIATIVE IN RADx AND 1690 01:10:03,632 --> 01:10:05,601 TODD WILL MENTION THIS. 1691 01:10:05,601 --> 01:10:08,104 WE HAVE THREE TEAMS THAT ARE 1692 01:10:08,104 --> 01:10:10,206 ACTIVE IN MILESTONE BASED 1693 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:10,473 CONTRACTS. 1694 01:10:10,473 --> 01:10:13,676 THE CHALLENGE IS TO BE 1695 01:10:13,676 --> 01:10:17,980 QUANTITATIVE ABOUT VIRAL LOAD, 1696 01:10:17,980 --> 01:10:23,752 AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO 1697 01:10:23,752 --> 01:10:25,955 SENSITIVITY AND DETECTION LESS 1698 01:10:25,955 --> 01:10:30,526 THAN 200 COPIES PER ML. 1699 01:10:30,526 --> 01:10:36,398 YOU'D LIKE FINGER PRICK 1700 01:10:36,398 --> 01:10:38,901 SAMPLING, THAT'S A CHALLENGE. 1701 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:42,538 PERHAPS TODD CAN ADDRESS THAT. 1702 01:10:42,538 --> 01:10:44,073 THESE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT 1703 01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:46,575 EXPERIENCE IN INNOVATION FUNNEL 1704 01:10:46,575 --> 01:10:48,344 WITH OTHER APPROACHES SO WE'RE 1705 01:10:48,344 --> 01:10:49,912 EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THIS IS 1706 01:10:49,912 --> 01:10:50,412 GOING, IT'S A WONDERFUL 1707 01:10:50,412 --> 01:11:00,923 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF 1708 01:11:02,958 --> 01:11:07,129 AIDS RESEARCH, ENCOURAGED IN 1709 01:11:07,129 --> 01:11:08,497 ADMINISTRATION, BENEATH THE 1710 01:11:08,497 --> 01:11:09,431 SURFACE OF IMPLEMENTATION 1711 01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:10,332 SCIENCE ARE ARE TECHNOLOGIES 1712 01:11:10,332 --> 01:11:13,602 THAT WILL GET US TOWARDS 1713 01:11:13,602 --> 01:11:13,969 IMPLEMENTATION. 1714 01:11:13,969 --> 01:11:22,278 A FEW UPDATES ON MIDRC, THE LEFT 1715 01:11:22,278 --> 01:11:24,346 COLUMN IS AUGUST OF 2020, WHEN 1716 01:11:24,346 --> 01:11:24,914 WE STARTED. 1717 01:11:24,914 --> 01:11:26,882 WE DIDN'T HAVE TRUSTWORTHY A.I. 1718 01:11:26,882 --> 01:11:29,251 AND MEDICAL IMAGING. 1719 01:11:29,251 --> 01:11:31,487 WE WERE FORCED BECAUSE OF 1720 01:11:31,487 --> 01:11:32,755 FUNDING AND URGENT NATIONAL NEED 1721 01:11:32,755 --> 01:11:36,158 TO FOCUS ON COVID AS A FIRST USE 1722 01:11:36,158 --> 01:11:36,492 CASE. 1723 01:11:36,492 --> 01:11:40,496 AND WHERE WE ARE IN 2025 WE HAVE 1724 01:11:40,496 --> 01:11:43,299 MIDRC BEING A LEADER IN 1725 01:11:43,299 --> 01:11:45,634 DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TOOLS WITH 1726 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:47,670 ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF IMAGES AND 1727 01:11:47,670 --> 01:11:48,871 STUDIES RELEASED IN MANY TOOLS 1728 01:11:48,871 --> 01:11:50,839 UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 1729 01:11:50,839 --> 01:11:53,309 WE'VE EXPANDED MIDRC MODEL IN 1730 01:11:53,309 --> 01:11:56,078 CANCER, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, 1731 01:11:56,078 --> 01:11:56,645 OTHER CONDITIONS. 1732 01:11:56,645 --> 01:11:59,248 IT STARTED AGAIN IN AUGUST 2020 1733 01:11:59,248 --> 01:12:05,554 WITH X-RAY AND CT, NOW VIRTUALLY 1734 01:12:05,554 --> 01:12:07,056 EVERY CURRENT IMAGING MODALITY 1735 01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:09,758 THAT CAN BE INGESTED INTO THIS 1736 01:12:09,758 --> 01:12:10,025 DATABASE. 1737 01:12:10,025 --> 01:12:14,363 BACK AGAIN IN AUGUST OF 20 NO 1738 01:12:14,363 --> 01:12:17,333 COMMON INDEX OR DISCOVERY 1739 01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:17,967 PLATFORM. 1740 01:12:17,967 --> 01:12:19,969 MIDRC AND BIOMEDICAL DATA FABRIC 1741 01:12:19,969 --> 01:12:23,138 IMAGING HUB HAS PLAYED AN 1742 01:12:23,138 --> 01:12:24,039 INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATIONAL ROLE 1743 01:12:24,039 --> 01:12:30,479 IN IMAGING OVER A MILLION 1744 01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:32,281 IMAGING STUDIES FROM ACR, FROM 1745 01:12:32,281 --> 01:12:34,550 CANCER IMAGING ARCHIVE, FROM 1746 01:12:34,550 --> 01:12:35,117 STANFORD. 1747 01:12:35,117 --> 01:12:38,387 THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF 1748 01:12:38,387 --> 01:12:40,289 SOURCES, GATHERED IN DATA LAKES 1749 01:12:40,289 --> 01:12:42,324 THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN. 1750 01:12:42,324 --> 01:12:43,959 AND THERE'S BEEN JUST A LOT OF 1751 01:12:43,959 --> 01:12:45,594 DISCONNECTED EFFORTS EARLY ON TO 1752 01:12:45,594 --> 01:12:55,137 BUILD TRUST WORDY WORD -- TRUSY 1753 01:12:55,137 --> 01:12:57,740 IMAGING BUT COMING TOGETHER WITH 1754 01:12:57,740 --> 01:13:00,876 ACR, APM, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THIS 1755 01:13:00,876 --> 01:13:01,243 TRANSFORMATION. 1756 01:13:01,243 --> 01:13:03,012 IT'S INFORMING NATIONAL A.I. AND 1757 01:13:03,012 --> 01:13:04,213 DATA INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES. 1758 01:13:04,213 --> 01:13:06,715 AND HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN 1759 01:13:06,715 --> 01:13:08,884 EXTENDED FROM NATIONAL A.I. 1760 01:13:08,884 --> 01:13:11,020 RESEARCH RESOURCE, BIOMEDICAL 1761 01:13:11,020 --> 01:13:15,824 DATA FABRIC, AND DoD N TECH 1762 01:13:15,824 --> 01:13:16,525 SUPPORT FOR NEUROTRAUMA 1763 01:13:16,525 --> 01:13:19,428 TRAINING, AND SO JUST LOTS OF 1764 01:13:19,428 --> 01:13:20,629 ENORMOUS POTENTIAL HERE. 1765 01:13:20,629 --> 01:13:24,633 HERE IS A LITTLE SIMULATION OF 1766 01:13:24,633 --> 01:13:29,305 ONE OF THE PRODUCTS, ONE OF THE 1767 01:13:29,305 --> 01:13:32,474 TOOLS THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, RAD 1768 01:13:32,474 --> 01:13:33,709 GPT TO HELP PATIENTS INTERPRET 1769 01:13:33,709 --> 01:13:36,679 THEIR OWN RADIOLOGY REPORTS SO 1770 01:13:36,679 --> 01:13:38,681 YOU CAN SEE EVERY TIME YOU WOULD 1771 01:13:38,681 --> 01:13:39,982 GET A RADIOLOGY REPORT, THIS IS 1772 01:13:39,982 --> 01:13:43,552 ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT MIDRC 1773 01:13:43,552 --> 01:13:48,023 DEVELOPED AND WOULD ALLOW YOU TO 1774 01:13:48,023 --> 01:13:51,093 HYPERLINK IN A SORT OF 1775 01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:53,362 CONTINUOUSLY PROGRESSIVE 1776 01:13:53,362 --> 01:13:56,131 GENERATIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS 1777 01:13:56,131 --> 01:13:59,968 PHRASES, CONCEPTS, THAT ARE 1778 01:13:59,968 --> 01:14:01,603 COMING UP THAT TYPICAL PATIENT 1779 01:14:01,603 --> 01:14:03,772 WOULD WANT TO GET FURTHER 1780 01:14:03,772 --> 01:14:04,640 INFORMATION ON. 1781 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:07,276 THERE ARE A COUPLE RADGPTs OUT 1782 01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:07,710 THERE. 1783 01:14:07,710 --> 01:14:13,549 THIS IS ONE THAT'S A SIGNATURE 1784 01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:16,752 OF MIDRC, ANOTHER INCLUDES 1785 01:14:16,752 --> 01:14:19,555 SEGMENTATION DETECTION, AND 1786 01:14:19,555 --> 01:14:24,059 DIAGNOSIS TOOLS ALREADY BUILT 1787 01:14:24,059 --> 01:14:25,828 INTO GENERATIVE LANGUAGE TOOLS, 1788 01:14:25,828 --> 01:14:29,832 CONTINUING TO EVOLVE BUT SHOWING 1789 01:14:29,832 --> 01:14:32,968 A PRACTICAL PATIENT-READY AND 1790 01:14:32,968 --> 01:14:34,903 RELEVANT TOOL. 1791 01:14:34,903 --> 01:14:45,381 A AND NOTICED BY THE IMAGING 1792 01:14:45,781 --> 01:14:45,981 COMMUNITY. 1793 01:14:45,981 --> 01:14:47,850 BY COLLEAGUES AND LEADERS IN THE 1794 01:14:47,850 --> 01:14:52,988 FIELD OF IMAGING, SEVERAL 1795 01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:54,757 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REALLY 1796 01:14:54,757 --> 01:14:55,724 MOVING QUANTITATIVE IMAGING 1797 01:14:55,724 --> 01:14:57,292 INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG WHICH HAS 1798 01:14:57,292 --> 01:15:04,333 TO BE FOUNDATIONAL FOR 1799 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:05,334 REVOLUTIONIZING A.I. DRIVEN 1800 01:15:05,334 --> 01:15:06,535 PRECISION MEDICINE WITH CLEAR 1801 01:15:06,535 --> 01:15:08,904 RECOMMENDATIONS IN POINT TO 1802 01:15:08,904 --> 01:15:11,206 MIDRC, AS EXAMPLE OF A PROGRAM 1803 01:15:11,206 --> 01:15:13,308 THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT, 1804 01:15:13,308 --> 01:15:16,111 PHILOSOPHY, AND THE ACTION OF 1805 01:15:16,111 --> 01:15:18,147 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 1806 01:15:18,147 --> 01:15:20,115 SO LET ME CONCLUDE ALL OF THIS. 1807 01:15:20,115 --> 01:15:21,283 THE NIH DIRECTOR AGAIN I 1808 01:15:21,283 --> 01:15:24,820 ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT 1809 01:15:24,820 --> 01:15:29,391 HIS PRESENTATION IN THE NINDS 1810 01:15:29,391 --> 01:15:29,925 COUNCIL. 1811 01:15:29,925 --> 01:15:31,727 HE DELINEATES SEVERAL 1812 01:15:31,727 --> 01:15:32,294 PRIORITIES. 1813 01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:34,296 I EXTRACTED THE ONES I THINK ARE 1814 01:15:34,296 --> 01:15:37,666 MOST IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE 1815 01:15:37,666 --> 01:15:38,267 BIASED, TECHNOLOGY, DISCOVERY, 1816 01:15:38,267 --> 01:15:41,804 INNOVATION, THEY ARE WOVEN IN, 1817 01:15:41,804 --> 01:15:44,606 RELIABILITY, REPRODUCIBILITY, 1818 01:15:44,606 --> 01:15:44,940 TRANSPARENCY. 1819 01:15:44,940 --> 01:15:47,376 SO HIS TOP THREE ARE RELATED TO 1820 01:15:47,376 --> 01:15:48,110 THESE THINGS. 1821 01:15:48,110 --> 01:15:53,248 AND IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR KIND OF 1822 01:15:53,248 --> 01:15:56,018 BROAD DEPICTION OF WHAT WE DO AS 1823 01:15:56,018 --> 01:15:58,720 A COMMUNITY, FROM ENGINEERED 1824 01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:00,889 BIOLOGY AND SENSORS, POINT OF 1825 01:16:00,889 --> 01:16:02,357 CARE, IMAGING, THERAPEUTIC 1826 01:16:02,357 --> 01:16:04,393 SYSTEMS, DATA SCIENCE AND 1827 01:16:04,393 --> 01:16:04,660 MODELING. 1828 01:16:04,660 --> 01:16:07,162 YOU CAN'T REALLY GET TO ANY OF 1829 01:16:07,162 --> 01:16:08,697 HIS PRIORITIES WITHOUT PUSHING 1830 01:16:08,697 --> 01:16:12,568 THE ENVELOPE ON THE DEVELOPMENT 1831 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,236 SO QUANTITATIVE TECHNOLOGIC 1832 01:16:14,236 --> 01:16:15,737 APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZE 1833 01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:19,374 EVERYTHING FROM RELIABILITY AND 1834 01:16:19,374 --> 01:16:20,943 REPRODUCIBILITY, TO ADVANCING 1835 01:16:20,943 --> 01:16:22,177 NEW DISCOVERIES THROUGH 1836 01:16:22,177 --> 01:16:23,378 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. 1837 01:16:23,378 --> 01:16:28,817 SO I THINK THIS IS THE 1838 01:16:28,817 --> 01:16:29,785 OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE 1839 01:16:29,785 --> 01:16:33,021 PERSPECTIVE THAT BRINGS OUR 1840 01:16:33,021 --> 01:16:34,490 COMMUNITY INTO POTENTIALLY 1841 01:16:34,490 --> 01:16:36,558 CENTRAL ROLE IN TRYING TO 1842 01:16:36,558 --> 01:16:39,061 REALIZE THESE PRIORITIES. 1843 01:16:39,061 --> 01:16:40,796 AND THEN FINALLY AS ANNA ALLUDED 1844 01:16:40,796 --> 01:16:45,501 TO WE HAVE THE CEREMONIAL PART 1845 01:16:45,501 --> 01:16:54,443 OF THE PRESENTATION. 1846 01:16:54,443 --> 01:16:56,578 TEJAL AND RAFAEL, THERE'S A 1847 01:16:56,578 --> 01:16:57,546 PHYSICS VIOLATION WHERE YOU'RE 1848 01:16:57,546 --> 01:17:02,951 COMING ON AND GOING OFF, OR 1849 01:17:02,951 --> 01:17:06,421 MAYBE IT'S A -- 1850 01:17:06,421 --> 01:17:08,957 >> WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE 1851 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:10,259 HE IS YET. 1852 01:17:10,259 --> 01:17:10,993 >> THERE'S SOME UNCERTAINTY. 1853 01:17:10,993 --> 01:17:12,227 THE CERTAINTY THAT WE'RE HOPING 1854 01:17:12,227 --> 01:17:14,563 FOR IS THAT BOTH OF YOU WILL BE 1855 01:17:14,563 --> 01:17:19,468 ABLE TO JOIN US NEXT MEETING. 1856 01:17:19,468 --> 01:17:23,639 WE ALSO NOTE THAT ANNE PLANT WHO 1857 01:17:23,639 --> 01:17:28,544 I MET WHEN I JOINED 13 OR 14 1858 01:17:28,544 --> 01:17:31,313 YEARS AGO, ANNE MADE ENORMOUS 1859 01:17:31,313 --> 01:17:33,048 AND INSIGHTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1860 01:17:33,048 --> 01:17:34,816 ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS OVER THE 1861 01:17:34,816 --> 01:17:36,985 YEARS, HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL 1862 01:17:36,985 --> 01:17:38,787 COLLEAGUE AND COLLABORATOR. 1863 01:17:38,787 --> 01:17:40,889 ANNE HAS RETIRED FROM NIST, AND 1864 01:17:40,889 --> 01:17:43,125 SO IF YOU HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO 1865 01:17:43,125 --> 01:17:44,192 ANNE, YOU SHOULD CONGRATULATE 1866 01:17:44,192 --> 01:17:45,961 HER ABOUT THAT. 1867 01:17:45,961 --> 01:17:47,763 WE MISS HER AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL 1868 01:17:47,763 --> 01:17:51,867 BE ABLE TO BRING ON -- SHE MIGHT 1869 01:17:51,867 --> 01:17:53,101 RECOMMEND SOME OF HER COLLEAGUES 1870 01:17:53,101 --> 01:17:56,004 TO SORT OF STEP INTO THAT ROLE. 1871 01:17:56,004 --> 01:17:58,006 BUT HOPEFULLY SHE'S ACTUALLY 1872 01:17:58,006 --> 01:18:00,976 ENJOYING HER RETIREMENT RIGHT 1873 01:18:00,976 --> 01:18:01,510 NOW. 1874 01:18:01,510 --> 01:18:03,512 AND WE THANK HER. 1875 01:18:03,512 --> 01:18:06,081 SO WITH THAT I'LL END THE 1876 01:18:06,081 --> 01:18:07,616 PRESENTATION AND WE CAN TAKE 1877 01:18:07,616 --> 01:18:16,291 SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 1878 01:18:16,291 --> 01:18:16,925 >> THANKS, BRUCE. 1879 01:18:16,925 --> 01:18:19,127 WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE 1880 01:18:19,127 --> 01:18:25,300 THAT HAS QUESTIONS. 1881 01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:25,801 COMMENTS. 1882 01:18:25,801 --> 01:18:27,502 >> THANK YOU, BRUCE, FOR GOING 1883 01:18:27,502 --> 01:18:29,471 THROUGH SO MANY IMPORTANT 1884 01:18:29,471 --> 01:18:30,872 DETAILS, NOT ALL OF THEM 1885 01:18:30,872 --> 01:18:32,341 PROBABLY WHAT YOU WANTED TO 1886 01:18:32,341 --> 01:18:36,645 REPORT, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THE 1887 01:18:36,645 --> 01:18:37,779 TRANSPARENCY. 1888 01:18:37,779 --> 01:18:41,650 AND MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE 1889 01:18:41,650 --> 01:18:42,451 FUTURE IF THE REORGANIZATION 1890 01:18:42,451 --> 01:18:44,486 PROCEEDS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS 1891 01:18:44,486 --> 01:18:47,522 CAN WE DO TO MAINTAIN THE SENSE 1892 01:18:47,522 --> 01:18:51,059 OF COMMUNITY THAT NIBIB HAS 1893 01:18:51,059 --> 01:18:51,259 BUILT? 1894 01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:53,028 WILL THERE BE DIVISIONS FOR OUR 1895 01:18:53,028 --> 01:18:54,296 SPECIALTIES IN THE NEW 1896 01:18:54,296 --> 01:18:54,796 STRUCTURE? 1897 01:18:54,796 --> 01:18:58,533 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OR COMMENT 1898 01:18:58,533 --> 01:18:59,434 ON THAT? 1899 01:18:59,434 --> 01:19:02,738 >> YEAH, I GUESS TWO THOUGHTS. 1900 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:05,974 ONE, I HAVE NO INDICATION THAT 1901 01:19:05,974 --> 01:19:10,445 THERE'S ANYTHING BEYOND A NICE 1902 01:19:10,445 --> 01:19:13,281 COLORFUL CHART. 1903 01:19:13,281 --> 01:19:15,617 I DON'T -- I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY 1904 01:19:15,617 --> 01:19:16,551 OPERATIONAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL 1905 01:19:16,551 --> 01:19:23,058 DETAILS TO SORT OF BACK THAT UP 1906 01:19:23,058 --> 01:19:25,460 ARE WE ON STILL? 1907 01:19:25,460 --> 01:19:25,894 OKAY. 1908 01:19:25,894 --> 01:19:28,497 >> WE'RE ON VIDEO, YEAH. 1909 01:19:28,497 --> 01:19:28,797 >> YEAH. 1910 01:19:28,797 --> 01:19:33,235 SO THAT'S ONE THOUGHT. 1911 01:19:33,235 --> 01:19:35,137 THE SECOND IS, YES, WE HAVE TO 1912 01:19:35,137 --> 01:19:37,172 KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, 1913 01:19:37,172 --> 01:19:41,376 AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING 1914 01:19:41,376 --> 01:19:41,576 HARD. 1915 01:19:41,576 --> 01:19:44,713 WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH 1916 01:19:44,713 --> 01:19:49,551 MULTI-DECADE-LONG BATTLE TO 1917 01:19:49,551 --> 01:19:51,853 CREATE THE UNIQUENESS AND 1918 01:19:51,853 --> 01:19:53,522 IDENTITY AND WE CAN'T STOP. 1919 01:19:53,522 --> 01:19:54,923 EVERY DAY WE LOOK FOR 1920 01:19:54,923 --> 01:19:56,792 OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL THE 1921 01:19:56,792 --> 01:19:59,528 STORIES OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN OUR 1922 01:19:59,528 --> 01:20:01,830 COMMUNITY FROM THE STUDENT 1923 01:20:01,830 --> 01:20:03,865 LEVEL, UNDERGRADUATES, TO THE 1924 01:20:03,865 --> 01:20:05,934 FACULTY LEVEL, THERE'S JUST SUCH 1925 01:20:05,934 --> 01:20:08,737 AN ASTOUNDING BODY OF WORK AND 1926 01:20:08,737 --> 01:20:12,340 IMPACT AND GROWTH. 1927 01:20:12,340 --> 01:20:13,975 SO, THAT PARTICULARLY I GUESS 1928 01:20:13,975 --> 01:20:19,114 HITS US HARD WHEN WE LOOK AT 1929 01:20:19,114 --> 01:20:22,050 THAT PROJECTED BUDGET ALLOCATION 1930 01:20:22,050 --> 01:20:26,321 FOR NIBIB, WHICH REMINDS ME 1931 01:20:26,321 --> 01:20:28,857 OF -- REMINDS US ALL OF THE 1932 01:20:28,857 --> 01:20:29,624 INITIAL BUDGET ALLOCATION TO 1933 01:20:29,624 --> 01:20:34,262 2002, AND YOU LOOK AT THE 40 1934 01:20:34,262 --> 01:20:35,464 BIOENGINEERING PROGRAMS AND KIND 1935 01:20:35,464 --> 01:20:38,900 OF THE SORT OF A LITTLE BIT OF 1936 01:20:38,900 --> 01:20:40,335 THE VIABLE RETENTION BETWEEN THE 1937 01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:43,505 RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING COMMUNITY 1938 01:20:43,505 --> 01:20:44,106 AND BIOENGINEERING COMMUNITY, 1939 01:20:44,106 --> 01:20:47,109 WHICH OVER THE YEARS WE'VE ALL 1940 01:20:47,109 --> 01:20:49,978 CONTRIBUTED TO AND WORKED SO 1941 01:20:49,978 --> 01:20:53,048 HARD TO RESOLVE AND FORM THAT 1942 01:20:53,048 --> 01:20:54,349 TRULY COLLABORATIVE AND 1943 01:20:54,349 --> 01:20:55,917 BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE, WHERE 1944 01:20:55,917 --> 01:20:57,652 PEOPLE ARE JOINTLY APPOINTED 1945 01:20:57,652 --> 01:20:59,488 WORKING ON BIG PROJECTS AND SO 1946 01:20:59,488 --> 01:21:01,990 WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK 1947 01:21:01,990 --> 01:21:07,129 REGARDLESS OF THE REORG, IF 1948 01:21:07,129 --> 01:21:08,797 THERE IS OR IS NOT ONE, WE HAVE 1949 01:21:08,797 --> 01:21:12,200 TO 1950 01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:13,802 TO WORK HARD TO COMMUNICATE THAT 1951 01:21:13,802 --> 01:21:14,035 MENTAL. 1952 01:21:14,035 --> 01:21:15,904 WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THE STORIES, 1953 01:21:15,904 --> 01:21:17,606 YOUR STORIES, STORIES OF YOUR 1954 01:21:17,606 --> 01:21:19,975 COLLEAGUES, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, 1955 01:21:19,975 --> 01:21:20,909 AND IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY. 1956 01:21:20,909 --> 01:21:24,146 YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY POP UP. 1957 01:21:24,146 --> 01:21:26,548 SO, WE WILL NOT TAKE OUR FOOT 1958 01:21:26,548 --> 01:21:27,449 OFF THE GAS. 1959 01:21:27,449 --> 01:21:33,088 YOU KNOW, ON THAT BIG PICTURE 1960 01:21:33,088 --> 01:21:39,661 VISION AND MISSION. 1961 01:21:39,661 --> 01:21:40,095 >> RAPHAEL? 1962 01:21:40,095 --> 01:21:44,533 1963 01:21:44,533 --> 01:21:45,967 >> RAPHAEL, YOU'RE ON MUTE, IF 1964 01:21:45,967 --> 01:21:55,243 YOU'RE TRYING TO SPEAK. 1965 01:21:55,243 --> 01:22:03,451 PERHAPS WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU 1966 01:22:03,451 --> 01:22:06,655 AND GO TO TEJON. 1967 01:22:06,655 --> 01:22:09,257 >> THANKS, BRUCE. 1968 01:22:09,257 --> 01:22:11,793 GREAT TO SEE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON 1969 01:22:11,793 --> 01:22:13,662 EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, AND, 1970 01:22:13,662 --> 01:22:16,331 YOU KNOW, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED, 1971 01:22:16,331 --> 01:22:20,235 NIBIB HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO 1972 01:22:20,235 --> 01:22:22,404 ME AND MOST OF US THAT ARE PART 1973 01:22:22,404 --> 01:22:23,839 OF COUNCIL RIGHT NOW. 1974 01:22:23,839 --> 01:22:29,044 SO I GUESS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT 1975 01:22:29,044 --> 01:22:31,112 HELPING YOU, IS THERE -- WE CAN 1976 01:22:31,112 --> 01:22:32,547 TELL OUR STORIES, PROVIDE YOU 1977 01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:35,250 WITH MATERIALS, I KNOW THROUGH 1978 01:22:35,250 --> 01:22:35,984 OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1979 01:22:35,984 --> 01:22:37,819 WE'RE DOING OTHER WORK BUT ARE 1980 01:22:37,819 --> 01:22:39,554 THERE THINGS THAT WOULD BE 1981 01:22:39,554 --> 01:22:42,858 HELPFUL AND I PARTICULARLY AM 1982 01:22:42,858 --> 01:22:44,759 THINKING ABOUT THE STORIES ABOUT 1983 01:22:44,759 --> 01:22:48,864 HOW OUR WORK HAS DIRECTLY 1984 01:22:48,864 --> 01:22:51,900 TRANSLATED TO PRODUCTS AND 1985 01:22:51,900 --> 01:22:54,436 IMPACT ON PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC 1986 01:22:54,436 --> 01:22:56,404 GROWTH THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. 1987 01:22:56,404 --> 01:22:58,373 >> YEAH, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, 1988 01:22:58,373 --> 01:23:00,442 AS WE KNOW. 1989 01:23:00,442 --> 01:23:01,409 YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC 1990 01:23:01,409 --> 01:23:04,279 THAT WE ALL SHARE IS WE WANT 1991 01:23:04,279 --> 01:23:06,047 TO -- THIS IS INTENTIONAL, NOT 1992 01:23:06,047 --> 01:23:06,681 AN ACCIDENT. 1993 01:23:06,681 --> 01:23:08,917 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. 1994 01:23:08,917 --> 01:23:10,852 IT'S WHAT WE'RE TRAINING OUR 1995 01:23:10,852 --> 01:23:12,954 STUDENTS TO DO. 1996 01:23:12,954 --> 01:23:14,089 WE'RE NOT ONLY ADVANCING, YOU 1997 01:23:14,089 --> 01:23:15,257 KNOW, THE INNOVATION FROM THE 1998 01:23:15,257 --> 01:23:18,827 TECHNOLOGY POINT OF VIEW BUT 1999 01:23:18,827 --> 01:23:21,630 WE'RE ALL VERY INTERESTED AND 2000 01:23:21,630 --> 01:23:23,865 PASSIONATE ABOUT ADVANCING 2001 01:23:23,865 --> 01:23:25,433 INNOVATION AND PROCESS. 2002 01:23:25,433 --> 01:23:28,570 SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR SOME 2003 01:23:28,570 --> 01:23:31,072 OF THE MESSAGING ABOUT THE SORT 2004 01:23:31,072 --> 01:23:33,408 OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE NIH AND 2005 01:23:33,408 --> 01:23:35,043 GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF 2006 01:23:35,043 --> 01:23:37,579 OUR FIRST RESPONSE IS, YEAH, BUT 2007 01:23:37,579 --> 01:23:42,050 THAT'S -- THIS IS LIKE WHAT WE 2008 01:23:42,050 --> 01:23:42,217 DO. 2009 01:23:42,217 --> 01:23:47,122 WE REALLY -- THIS IS BUILT INTO 2010 01:23:47,122 --> 01:23:48,256 OUR DNA. 2011 01:23:48,256 --> 01:23:50,725 SO, COORDINATING WITH US TO THE 2012 01:23:50,725 --> 01:23:52,494 EXTENT WE CAN, RECRUITING, YOU 2013 01:23:52,494 --> 01:23:55,797 KNOW, ANDY AND THE ACADEMY HAVE 2014 01:23:55,797 --> 01:23:57,432 BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE AND 2015 01:23:57,432 --> 01:24:01,770 COLLABORATIVE IN TRYING TO GET 2016 01:24:01,770 --> 01:24:05,674 THIS WORD OUT. 2017 01:24:05,674 --> 01:24:11,713 BUT I GUESS THE TIDAL WAVE OF 2018 01:24:11,713 --> 01:24:13,181 CHANGES YOU'RE HEARING, AND I 2019 01:24:13,181 --> 01:24:14,983 GAVE HIGH POINTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S 2020 01:24:14,983 --> 01:24:16,718 QUITE OVERWHELMING. 2021 01:24:16,718 --> 01:24:21,589 SO WE HAVE TO BUILD EQUIVALENT 2022 01:24:21,589 --> 01:24:23,658 MASS TO DO THE MASS AND ENERGY 2023 01:24:23,658 --> 01:24:27,095 BALANCE AND GET THAT SORT OF -- 2024 01:24:27,095 --> 01:24:30,031 THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THAT 2025 01:24:30,031 --> 01:24:35,503 WORD OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 2026 01:24:35,503 --> 01:24:37,272 ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU CAN TO 2027 01:24:37,272 --> 01:24:45,180 TRY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 2028 01:24:45,180 --> 01:24:47,115 THE SUCCESSES. 2029 01:24:47,115 --> 01:24:49,384 YOUR EDUCATORS, YOUR 2030 01:24:49,384 --> 01:24:51,853 COMMUNICATORS, WHAT WE 2031 01:24:51,853 --> 01:24:56,358 COMMUNICATE ONCE IT'S UNDERSTOD 2032 01:24:56,358 --> 01:24:59,694 YOU CAN SEE LIGHTS GO ON, BUT 2033 01:24:59,694 --> 01:25:00,595 THERE'S A BARRIER. 2034 01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:05,400 WE LIKE TO GO INTO PHYSICS AND 2035 01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:07,102 CHEMISTRY, MATH, AND THAT CAN 2036 01:25:07,102 --> 01:25:09,037 PUT PEOPLE TO SLEEP RIGHT AWAY, 2037 01:25:09,037 --> 01:25:10,271 BUT I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 2038 01:25:10,271 --> 01:25:15,110 THAT THOSE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL 2039 01:25:15,110 --> 01:25:16,911 ELEMENTS OF ADVANCES IN 2040 01:25:16,911 --> 01:25:18,413 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, AND TO THE 2041 01:25:18,413 --> 01:25:22,684 EXTENT THAT I BRING THIS BACK TO 2042 01:25:22,684 --> 01:25:23,251 THE RELIABILITY, 2043 01:25:23,251 --> 01:25:25,820 REPRODUCIBILITY, IT'S JUST AN 2044 01:25:25,820 --> 01:25:28,590 OPINION WITHOUT QUANTITATIVE 2045 01:25:28,590 --> 01:25:28,890 ASSESSMENTS. 2046 01:25:28,890 --> 01:25:30,859 AND, YOU KNOW, WE TRY NOT TO 2047 01:25:30,859 --> 01:25:32,093 DEAL WITH OPINIONS. 2048 01:25:32,093 --> 01:25:34,696 WE TRY TO DEAL WITH REAL HARD 2049 01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:35,964 DATA, AND QUANTITATION. 2050 01:25:35,964 --> 01:25:38,900 SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE 2051 01:25:38,900 --> 01:25:43,038 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STEP INTO 2052 01:25:43,038 --> 01:25:49,878 THAT, THAT SPACE. 2053 01:25:49,878 --> 01:25:51,579 AND THINK CREATIVELY. 2054 01:25:51,579 --> 01:25:53,681 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 2055 01:25:53,681 --> 01:25:56,351 I APOLOGIZE IF WE'VE HAD REPAIRS 2056 01:25:56,351 --> 01:26:01,089 BEING DONE ON THE FIBEROPTIC 2057 01:26:01,089 --> 01:26:02,023 NETWORK HERE. 2058 01:26:02,023 --> 01:26:07,128 BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 2059 01:26:07,128 --> 01:26:09,097 SUPPORTING AND WHAT BRUCE WAS 2060 01:26:09,097 --> 01:26:10,732 SAYING, WHAT'S BEEN 2061 01:26:10,732 --> 01:26:12,600 ACCOMPLISHED, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE 2062 01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:14,803 VALUE AND SUPPORTING MORE EFFORT 2063 01:26:14,803 --> 01:26:15,703 GOING FORWARD. 2064 01:26:15,703 --> 01:26:20,942 SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, AND 2065 01:26:20,942 --> 01:26:23,912 TALK ABOUT IT, PUBLICLY, I 2066 01:26:23,912 --> 01:26:26,014 MENTION THAT IF YOU -- YOU CAN 2067 01:26:26,014 --> 01:26:27,549 FIND US IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES 2068 01:26:27,549 --> 01:26:31,853 BUT GROWTH OF THE MERGE GDP, 2069 01:26:31,853 --> 01:26:36,524 FROM LIKE 1940s TO NOW, YOU 2070 01:26:36,524 --> 01:26:39,527 CAN PRETTY REASONABLY FIT THAT, 2071 01:26:39,527 --> 01:26:43,665 OBVIOUSLY NOT PERFECTLY, WITH 2072 01:26:43,665 --> 01:26:50,171 THE BILINEAR CURVE FIT, AND THEY 2073 01:26:50,171 --> 01:26:51,906 INTERSECT AROUND 1980, ALL THE 2074 01:26:51,906 --> 01:26:52,774 THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1980 2075 01:26:52,774 --> 01:26:54,843 THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A CHANGE 2076 01:26:54,843 --> 01:27:01,216 IN THE SLOPE, BUT ONE OF THEM 2077 01:27:01,216 --> 01:27:02,984 WAS THE BIDEN-DOLE ACT, A 2078 01:27:02,984 --> 01:27:04,185 HYPOTHESIS, A CANDIDATE. 2079 01:27:04,185 --> 01:27:05,253 IF YOU INTEGRATED THE AREA 2080 01:27:05,253 --> 01:27:09,591 BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT 2081 01:27:09,591 --> 01:27:15,029 CURVES, THE PRE-1980 AND 2082 01:27:15,029 --> 01:27:17,265 POST-1980, WHAT YOU GET NOW, THE 2083 01:27:17,265 --> 01:27:24,606 LAST 40 YEARS, A LITTLE OVER 2084 01:27:24,606 --> 01:27:24,939 $100 TRILLION. 2085 01:27:24,939 --> 01:27:26,674 ACTUALLY $106 TRILLION TO BE 2086 01:27:26,674 --> 01:27:26,908 PRECISE. 2087 01:27:26,908 --> 01:27:31,679 SO IF THAT WAS IN FACT RELATED 2088 01:27:31,679 --> 01:27:32,881 TO TECHNOLOGY INGESTION FROM 2089 01:27:32,881 --> 01:27:34,315 PUBLIC SPENDING IN INVESTMENT 2090 01:27:34,315 --> 01:27:38,520 AND RESEARCH AND SO FORTH, 2091 01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:41,055 WHATEVER, THAT LED TO BUSINESS 2092 01:27:41,055 --> 01:27:42,290 DEVELOPMENT, IT'S TWO TRILLION 2093 01:27:42,290 --> 01:27:43,858 DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2094 01:27:43,858 --> 01:27:50,465 ECONOMY ON AVERAGE OVER THAT 2095 01:27:50,465 --> 01:27:52,233 PERIOD OF TIME PER YEAR. 2096 01:27:52,233 --> 01:27:53,935 I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE MORE EXPERT 2097 01:27:53,935 --> 01:27:56,437 THAN I TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT IN 2098 01:27:56,437 --> 01:27:58,673 TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF NIH, WHAT 2099 01:27:58,673 --> 01:28:03,011 I FIND IN THE LITERATURE, REALLY 2100 01:28:03,011 --> 01:28:05,446 MORE PAROCHIAL ANALYSES OF HOW 2101 01:28:05,446 --> 01:28:14,088 MANY COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES 2102 01:28:14,088 --> 01:28:15,657 AND SO FORTH, BUT WHAT FIGURES 2103 01:28:15,657 --> 01:28:20,395 ARE YOU HEARING IN TERMS OF 2104 01:28:20,395 --> 01:28:21,029 IMPACT? 2105 01:28:21,029 --> 01:28:31,105 >> I THINK RAPHAEL IT'S A REALLY 2106 01:28:31,105 --> 01:28:33,074 GOOD AND INTERESTING MACRO 2107 01:28:33,074 --> 01:28:33,741 VERSUS MICROECONOMICS CONUNDRUM, 2108 01:28:33,741 --> 01:28:35,810 WHAT TYPES OF THINGS ARE MOST 2109 01:28:35,810 --> 01:28:36,611 EFFECTIVE HELPING PEOPLE 2110 01:28:36,611 --> 01:28:37,145 UNDERSTAND. 2111 01:28:37,145 --> 01:28:41,482 I THINK ON BOTH LEVELS, WE HAVE 2112 01:28:41,482 --> 01:28:45,420 TO DO A BETTER JOB SPEAKING AT 2113 01:28:45,420 --> 01:28:48,423 THE LEVEL OF LOCAL IMPACT, YOU 2114 01:28:48,423 --> 01:28:51,593 KNOW, IN REGIONS THAT HAVE 2115 01:28:51,593 --> 01:28:57,699 GROWN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR 2116 01:28:57,699 --> 01:28:59,901 PEOPLE, FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST OUR 2117 01:28:59,901 --> 01:29:00,902 PEOPLE WILL YOU TRANSFORMATIONAL 2118 01:29:00,902 --> 01:29:09,143 IMPACT IN HEALTH CARE IN VERY 2119 01:29:09,143 --> 01:29:11,112 PERSONAL WAYS, OUR NORMAL MODE 2120 01:29:11,112 --> 01:29:14,482 OF COMMUNICATION WHICH CAN BE 2121 01:29:14,482 --> 01:29:21,356 EXCITE SCHOLARLY AND MAY BE 2122 01:29:21,356 --> 01:29:21,823 ABSTRACT IN REQUIRING 2123 01:29:21,823 --> 01:29:25,193 CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE IN 2124 01:29:25,193 --> 01:29:26,227 DISCIPLINES WE'RE COMPETING 2125 01:29:26,227 --> 01:29:28,896 AGAINST NARRATIVES THAT ARE MORE 2126 01:29:28,896 --> 01:29:30,064 UNDERSTANDABLE AND VISCERAL TO 2127 01:29:30,064 --> 01:29:30,298 PEOPLE. 2128 01:29:30,298 --> 01:29:33,901 AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO LEARN 2129 01:29:33,901 --> 01:29:36,304 AND HELP TEACH EACH OTHER WAYS 2130 01:29:36,304 --> 01:29:39,107 TO COMMUNICATE KIND OF ON THAT 2131 01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:42,143 SCALE AND IN THOSE TERMS. 2132 01:29:42,143 --> 01:29:45,380 AND WE CAN HAVE SOME -- MAYBE WE 2133 01:29:45,380 --> 01:29:46,881 SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL 2134 01:29:46,881 --> 01:29:47,415 SUBCOMMITTEE. 2135 01:29:47,415 --> 01:29:49,617 WE CAN TALK MORE. 2136 01:29:49,617 --> 01:29:59,127 BUT, YOU KNOW, I FIND THAT, FOR 2137 01:29:59,127 --> 01:30:00,428 EXAMPLE, HAROLD VARMUS WROTE A 2138 01:30:00,428 --> 01:30:04,032 PIECE IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES," 2139 01:30:04,032 --> 01:30:06,434 GOT NOBEL LAUREATES TO SIGN THIS 2140 01:30:06,434 --> 01:30:08,303 ABOUT DIRECTION AND BUDGET, BUT 2141 01:30:08,303 --> 01:30:11,039 I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, YOU 2142 01:30:11,039 --> 01:30:12,473 KNOW, FROM HELPING PEOPLE 2143 01:30:12,473 --> 01:30:15,777 UNDERSTAND THAT'S PART OF THE 2144 01:30:15,777 --> 01:30:19,013 ABSTRACTION AND KIND OF ELITE 2145 01:30:19,013 --> 01:30:19,380 REPRESENTATION. 2146 01:30:19,380 --> 01:30:22,183 WE NEED TO REPRESENT WHAT WE DO 2147 01:30:22,183 --> 01:30:26,521 MORE IN VERY PRACTICAL TERMS AND 2148 01:30:26,521 --> 01:30:29,824 UNDERSTANDABLE TERMS TO REALLY 2149 01:30:29,824 --> 01:30:31,125 IDENTIFY AREAS OF COMMON GROUND. 2150 01:30:31,125 --> 01:30:35,330 IN THE END, WE'RE QUITE A 2151 01:30:35,330 --> 01:30:35,863 PRACTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING 2152 01:30:35,863 --> 01:30:36,130 COMMUNITY. 2153 01:30:36,130 --> 01:30:38,066 IT IS A CHALLENGE AND WE'RE KIND 2154 01:30:38,066 --> 01:30:41,369 OF AT THAT SORT OF CROSS-ROADS 2155 01:30:41,369 --> 01:30:43,538 OF THE CHALLENGE TO COMMUNICATE 2156 01:30:43,538 --> 01:30:44,739 IN THOSE TERMS, AND WE'LL SEE 2157 01:30:44,739 --> 01:30:47,542 HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE BUDGET 2158 01:30:47,542 --> 01:30:50,945 HEARINGS AND SO FORTH. 2159 01:30:50,945 --> 01:30:54,215 BUT YOU GUYS BRING UP BIG AND 2160 01:30:54,215 --> 01:30:55,116 CHALLENGING TOPICS HERE. 2161 01:30:55,116 --> 01:30:58,953 >> KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES. 2162 01:30:58,953 --> 01:31:00,722 >> YEAH. 2163 01:31:00,722 --> 01:31:03,358 >> ONE LITTLE THING, B BAYH AND 2164 01:31:03,358 --> 01:31:05,893 DOLE WROTE AN EDITORIAL 2165 01:31:05,893 --> 01:31:07,195 CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES FOR 2166 01:31:07,195 --> 01:31:08,963 THIS BILL, WHICH WAS VERY 2167 01:31:08,963 --> 01:31:10,798 EFFECTIVE IN DOING EXACTLY WHAT 2168 01:31:10,798 --> 01:31:13,401 THEY WANTED TO DO, WAS TO 2169 01:31:13,401 --> 01:31:16,938 INCREASE INNOVATION AND GROW THE 2170 01:31:16,938 --> 01:31:17,672 ECONOMY. 2171 01:31:17,672 --> 01:31:17,939 >> YEAH. 2172 01:31:17,939 --> 01:31:27,348 >> A GOOD PLACE TO START. 2173 01:31:27,348 --> 01:31:27,749 >> YES. 2174 01:31:27,749 --> 01:31:28,483 >> JOYCE? 2175 01:31:28,483 --> 01:31:30,685 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 2176 01:31:30,685 --> 01:31:31,152 TRANSPARENCY. 2177 01:31:31,152 --> 01:31:37,392 I WANT TO FOLLOW ON SOMETHING 2178 01:31:37,392 --> 01:31:38,659 TAJ EL BROUGHT UP, DIFFERENT 2179 01:31:38,659 --> 01:31:40,228 WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, 2180 01:31:40,228 --> 01:31:42,296 I'M THINKING ABOUT WITH 2181 01:31:42,296 --> 01:31:42,563 CONGRESS. 2182 01:31:42,563 --> 01:31:46,200 I'M CURIOUS THAT THE -- I THINK 2183 01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:47,235 APRIL 30th, THE CONGRESSIONAL 2184 01:31:47,235 --> 01:31:52,173 HEARING THAT SUSAN COLLINS FROM 2185 01:31:52,173 --> 01:31:54,809 MAINE RAN, YOU KNOW, WITH PATTY 2186 01:31:54,809 --> 01:31:56,411 MURRAY IN WASHINGTON AND OTHERS, 2187 01:31:56,411 --> 01:31:58,446 ANOTHER SENATOR FROM ALABAMA. 2188 01:31:58,446 --> 01:31:59,847 CURIOUS HOW EFFECTIVE THAT WAS 2189 01:31:59,847 --> 01:32:01,783 OR WHAT YOU KNOW, AND ALSO I 2190 01:32:01,783 --> 01:32:03,117 GUESS THE QUESTION IS BRINGING 2191 01:32:03,117 --> 01:32:05,853 IN PATIENT ADVOCATES BUT I'M 2192 01:32:05,853 --> 01:32:07,221 WONDERING WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME 2193 01:32:07,221 --> 01:32:08,890 IF YOU CAN SHARE? 2194 01:32:08,890 --> 01:32:11,125 I REALIZE THE NIH, YOU KNOW, 2195 01:32:11,125 --> 01:32:14,162 ISN'T ABLE TO GO THERE DIRECTLY 2196 01:32:14,162 --> 01:32:21,769 BUT CURIOUS HOW IMPACTFUL THAT 2197 01:32:21,769 --> 01:32:22,470 CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WAS. 2198 01:32:22,470 --> 01:32:25,440 >> YEAH, I MEAN, WELL, IN THE 2199 01:32:25,440 --> 01:32:26,974 END I THINK BY THE SORT OF WHEN 2200 01:32:26,974 --> 01:32:30,244 IT COMES DOWN TO VOTES ON THE 2201 01:32:30,244 --> 01:32:32,980 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, WHERE THE 2202 01:32:32,980 --> 01:32:34,348 NIH BUDGET STANDS, THAT'S SORT 2203 01:32:34,348 --> 01:32:36,317 OF THE END MEASURE, OUTCOME 2204 01:32:36,317 --> 01:32:39,487 MEASURE OF IMPACT. 2205 01:32:39,487 --> 01:32:41,122 SO, PATTY, SENATOR MURRAY, HAS 2206 01:32:41,122 --> 01:32:42,223 MADE SOME VERY STRONG STATEMENTS 2207 01:32:42,223 --> 01:32:44,692 WITH RESPECT TO THAT. 2208 01:32:44,692 --> 01:32:48,229 AND THE SECRETARY HAS MADE SOME 2209 01:32:48,229 --> 01:32:51,632 VERY STRONG STATEMENTS. 2210 01:32:51,632 --> 01:32:52,834 FROM A PERSONAL OBSERVATION PER 2211 01:32:52,834 --> 01:32:55,603 SPECK 2212 01:32:55,603 --> 01:32:57,305 PERSPECTIVE, I DIDN'T SEE LIVE 2213 01:32:57,305 --> 01:33:00,374 MOMENTS BUT READ THE FULL 2214 01:33:00,374 --> 01:33:00,675 TRANSCRIPT. 2215 01:33:00,675 --> 01:33:02,844 I WAS THINKING, SENATOR MURRAY, 2216 01:33:02,844 --> 01:33:07,448 SHE MAY HAVE PERHAPS BENEFITED 2217 01:33:07,448 --> 01:33:11,886 FROM SOME MORE FACT-BASED 2218 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:13,621 BRIEFING FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO 2219 01:33:13,621 --> 01:33:14,755 THE EXTENT THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL 2220 01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:18,493 SOCIETIES OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS 2221 01:33:18,493 --> 01:33:21,796 YOURSELVES HAVE WAYS TO PROVIDE 2222 01:33:21,796 --> 01:33:22,463 THAT. 2223 01:33:22,463 --> 01:33:25,366 HAVING RELIABLE AND ACCURATE 2224 01:33:25,366 --> 01:33:26,667 INFORMATION CONTENT, YOU KNOW, 2225 01:33:26,667 --> 01:33:30,605 THOSE CAN HELP CHANGE SOME SOUND 2226 01:33:30,605 --> 01:33:33,574 BITES AND NARRATIVES THAT COULD 2227 01:33:33,574 --> 01:33:34,742 PROPAGATE INTO DECISIONAL 2228 01:33:34,742 --> 01:33:37,845 ASPECTS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE 2229 01:33:37,845 --> 01:33:38,045 VOTES. 2230 01:33:38,045 --> 01:33:42,750 SO I THINK KIND OF EVERYTHING 2231 01:33:42,750 --> 01:33:44,719 THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND, 2232 01:33:44,719 --> 01:33:47,622 AGAIN, JOYCE DON'T HESITATE TO 2233 01:33:47,622 --> 01:33:51,125 REACH OUT, ALL OF YOU, TO 2234 01:33:51,125 --> 01:33:52,927 BRAINSTORM ABOUT THINGS. 2235 01:33:52,927 --> 01:33:58,733 BUT IT IS SORT OF A STRUGGLE TO 2236 01:33:58,733 --> 01:34:00,868 REALLY REPRESENT THE VERY 2237 01:34:00,868 --> 01:34:03,871 BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING THINGS OR 2238 01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:07,742 COMMUNITY HAS DONE IN WAYS THAT 2239 01:34:07,742 --> 01:34:11,812 ARE SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTING AND 2240 01:34:11,812 --> 01:34:13,381 QUICK, AND APPEALING. 2241 01:34:13,381 --> 01:34:22,189 SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED 2242 01:34:22,189 --> 01:34:23,157 TO WORK ON. 2243 01:34:23,157 --> 01:34:24,525 >> I'M TRYING TO LET SOMETHING 2244 01:34:24,525 --> 01:34:27,061 ELSE GO, I ALREADY ASKED A 2245 01:34:27,061 --> 01:34:27,328 QUESTION. 2246 01:34:27,328 --> 01:34:28,963 BUT I GUESS I'LL GO AHEAD. 2247 01:34:28,963 --> 01:34:31,432 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, I 2248 01:34:31,432 --> 01:34:33,801 THINK THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING I 2249 01:34:33,801 --> 01:34:38,172 GRAPPLE WITH, GIVEN MY ROLE AS A 2250 01:34:38,172 --> 01:34:41,542 DEAN, IS STILL TRYING TO IMPART 2251 01:34:41,542 --> 01:34:42,510 OPTIMISM IN TERMS OF OUR EARLY 2252 01:34:42,510 --> 01:34:44,712 CAREER FACULTY AS WELL AS OUR 2253 01:34:44,712 --> 01:34:50,117 TRAINEES IN TERMS OF PURSUING 2254 01:34:50,117 --> 01:34:51,519 BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH, 2255 01:34:51,519 --> 01:34:52,587 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH MORE 2256 01:34:52,587 --> 01:34:54,388 BROADLY. 2257 01:34:54,388 --> 01:34:56,123 I WANTED TO ASK YOU DO YOU HAVE 2258 01:34:56,123 --> 01:34:59,126 ANY SORT OF WORDS THAT I CAN 2259 01:34:59,126 --> 01:35:01,729 SHARE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DO 2260 01:35:01,729 --> 01:35:03,064 THEY KEEP APPLYING, DO THEY KEEP 2261 01:35:03,064 --> 01:35:04,832 SORT OF PUSHING AHEAD? 2262 01:35:04,832 --> 01:35:06,133 BECAUSE I THINK THE MESSAGES 2263 01:35:06,133 --> 01:35:08,202 THAT ARE CERTAINLY THAT THEY ARE 2264 01:35:08,202 --> 01:35:09,804 HEARING THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD 2265 01:35:09,804 --> 01:35:14,041 WAIT IT OUT, MAYBE THEY SHOULD 2266 01:35:14,041 --> 01:35:15,910 SEE WHAT'S -- SEE WHETHER THE 2267 01:35:15,910 --> 01:35:17,912 FIELD OF BIOENGINEERING STILL IS 2268 01:35:17,912 --> 01:35:20,381 INTACT AS WE GO FORWARD. 2269 01:35:20,381 --> 01:35:22,416 SO CURIOUS, FOR ME THAT'S THE 2270 01:35:22,416 --> 01:35:27,555 BIGGEST WORRY I HAVE, SORT OF 2271 01:35:27,555 --> 01:35:28,222 THE NEXT GENERATION. 2272 01:35:28,222 --> 01:35:29,824 >> YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT AT THE 2273 01:35:29,824 --> 01:35:31,225 CORE OF THE MATTER. 2274 01:35:31,225 --> 01:35:34,962 I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE 2275 01:35:34,962 --> 01:35:37,598 VIEWING WITH GRADUATE PROGRAM 2276 01:35:37,598 --> 01:35:38,866 ENROLLMENTS, OFFERS OF NUMBERS 2277 01:35:38,866 --> 01:35:39,467 OF SLOTS. 2278 01:35:39,467 --> 01:35:41,202 THE UNCERTAINTY THAT ALL OF THE 2279 01:35:41,202 --> 01:35:42,436 PROVOSTS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE. 2280 01:35:42,436 --> 01:35:46,774 I MEAN, WE JUST THROW THE ONE, 2281 01:35:46,774 --> 01:35:49,010 YOU KNOW, POLICY NOTICE ABOUT 2282 01:35:49,010 --> 01:35:54,281 THE 15% INDIRECT COST RATE ON A 2283 01:35:54,281 --> 01:35:56,017 SLIDE, AND THAT, THE 2284 01:35:56,017 --> 01:35:57,151 IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 2285 01:35:57,151 --> 01:36:00,221 IF IT REALLY COMES TO PASS ARE 2286 01:36:00,221 --> 01:36:02,156 SO CONFOUNDING AND IT'S JUST 2287 01:36:02,156 --> 01:36:06,961 SUCH A CONUNDRUM FOR PLANNING. 2288 01:36:06,961 --> 01:36:08,562 STRUCTURAL DEFICITS WILL EMERGE, 2289 01:36:08,562 --> 01:36:10,264 UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY 2290 01:36:10,264 --> 01:36:13,000 IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY IN 2291 01:36:13,000 --> 01:36:15,102 CERTAIN PLACES, AND SOME ARE 2292 01:36:15,102 --> 01:36:19,507 TARGETED MORE THAN OTHERS, OF 2293 01:36:19,507 --> 01:36:21,842 COURSE, SO I GUESS MY OPTIMISM 2294 01:36:21,842 --> 01:36:25,713 IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THE SORT 2295 01:36:25,713 --> 01:36:27,248 OF CHAOS IS THAT -- I THINK AS 2296 01:36:27,248 --> 01:36:30,985 ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN AND 2297 01:36:30,985 --> 01:36:31,986 EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT YOUR 2298 01:36:31,986 --> 01:36:33,120 CAREERS, TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSION 2299 01:36:33,120 --> 01:36:35,122 IS RELENTLESS. 2300 01:36:35,122 --> 01:36:36,624 WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACTUALLY 2301 01:36:36,624 --> 01:36:37,958 FUNDED BY THE NIH. 2302 01:36:37,958 --> 01:36:40,294 AND WE SPENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 2303 01:36:40,294 --> 01:36:42,496 OF TIME UNFUNDED. 2304 01:36:42,496 --> 01:36:47,068 AND WE'VE, AS A COMMUNITY, HAVE 2305 01:36:47,068 --> 01:36:51,105 MADE OURSELVES VALUABLE, AND IN 2306 01:36:51,105 --> 01:36:53,607 FACT INVALUABLE, IRREPLACEABLE. 2307 01:36:53,607 --> 01:36:57,111 BUT THAT ARC HAS BEEN QUITE 2308 01:36:57,111 --> 01:37:02,950 MODEST WITH THE INTEGRATION OF 2309 01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:06,754 MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE 2310 01:37:06,754 --> 01:37:12,626 STAKE HOLDERRERS FROM A VARIETY 2311 01:37:12,626 --> 01:37:14,595 OF DIRECTION. 2312 01:37:14,595 --> 01:37:16,897 I HAD NIH SUPPORT LEVERAGE, 2313 01:37:16,897 --> 01:37:20,868 DoD SUPPORT LEVERAGE, NSF, YOU 2314 01:37:20,868 --> 01:37:22,570 KNOW, SO WE WERE RELENTLESS AND 2315 01:37:22,570 --> 01:37:27,842 INVENTIVE AND HAVE TO MAINTAIN 2316 01:37:27,842 --> 01:37:28,776 THAT CHARACTERISTIC. 2317 01:37:28,776 --> 01:37:32,079 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR TRAINEES, 2318 01:37:32,079 --> 01:37:35,116 ARE DRAWN TO OUR FIELD BECAUSE 2319 01:37:35,116 --> 01:37:36,484 OF THOSE KIND OF INTRINSIC 2320 01:37:36,484 --> 01:37:37,718 CHARACTERISTICS AND MISSION AND 2321 01:37:37,718 --> 01:37:42,990 DRIVE, SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND 2322 01:37:42,990 --> 01:37:43,357 ENCOURAGE THAT. 2323 01:37:43,357 --> 01:37:46,827 AND BE REALISTIC, OF COURSE, BUT 2324 01:37:46,827 --> 01:37:49,430 IT'S -- I THINK SOME OF THESE 2325 01:37:49,430 --> 01:37:51,398 THINGS OVER TIME WILL STABILIZE. 2326 01:37:51,398 --> 01:37:56,771 I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES. 2327 01:37:56,771 --> 01:37:58,639 BUT I FEEL LIKE OUR SECTOR 2328 01:37:58,639 --> 01:38:00,641 ALREADY ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE 2329 01:38:00,641 --> 01:38:02,710 REALLY NOTHING CAN HAPPEN 2330 01:38:02,710 --> 01:38:03,110 WITHOUT IT. 2331 01:38:03,110 --> 01:38:05,613 AND I MEAN I KNOW THAT'S A VERY 2332 01:38:05,613 --> 01:38:08,349 BIASED VIEW BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK 2333 01:38:08,349 --> 01:38:11,752 ACROSS ALL THE APPLICATION 2334 01:38:11,752 --> 01:38:14,155 ORIENTED INSTITUTES, EVERY 2335 01:38:14,155 --> 01:38:16,891 DISCOVERY, EVERY ADVANCE, REALLY 2336 01:38:16,891 --> 01:38:19,293 IS DRIVEN BY VERY BEAUTIFUL 2337 01:38:19,293 --> 01:38:20,461 ENABLING FOUNDATIONAL 2338 01:38:20,461 --> 01:38:21,095 APPROACHES. 2339 01:38:21,095 --> 01:38:22,429 WE CAN -- BETWEEN ALL OF US ON 2340 01:38:22,429 --> 01:38:25,432 THE CALL WE CAN GO BACK, CAN YOU 2341 01:38:25,432 --> 01:38:26,934 PLAY A GAME, PICK ONE DISCOVERY 2342 01:38:26,934 --> 01:38:31,172 AND WE COULD POINT TO HALF A 2343 01:38:31,172 --> 01:38:33,007 DOZEN KEY TECHNOLOGIC ADVANCES 2344 01:38:33,007 --> 01:38:34,408 THAT FACILITATED IT. 2345 01:38:34,408 --> 01:38:36,944 AND TELLING THOSE STORIES, 2346 01:38:36,944 --> 01:38:37,812 REMINDING OUR COMMUNITY OF THAT 2347 01:38:37,812 --> 01:38:40,314 ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF WHAT THEY 2348 01:38:40,314 --> 01:38:44,151 DO, I THINK IS THE OPTIMISTIC 2349 01:38:44,151 --> 01:38:44,418 COMPONENT. 2350 01:38:44,418 --> 01:38:46,320 I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN 2351 01:38:46,320 --> 01:38:50,324 THIS WILL EMERGE OVER TIME, 2352 01:38:50,324 --> 01:38:51,492 REPEATEDLY, AS A THEME. 2353 01:38:51,492 --> 01:38:54,528 AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT 2354 01:38:54,528 --> 01:38:55,462 WE HAVE TO CONVEY. 2355 01:38:55,462 --> 01:38:59,033 BUT I DO FEEL VERY SIGNIFICANTLY 2356 01:38:59,033 --> 01:39:01,035 THE PAIN OF LIMITING THE 2357 01:39:01,035 --> 01:39:02,803 GRADUATE ADMISSION, RESCINDING 2358 01:39:02,803 --> 01:39:05,940 GRADUATE OFFERS, AND WE HAVE TO 2359 01:39:05,940 --> 01:39:15,115 KIND OF THINK URGENTLY ABOUT HOW 2360 01:39:15,115 --> 01:39:20,754 TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES. 2361 01:39:20,754 --> 01:39:21,722 >> WILBUR? 2362 01:39:21,722 --> 01:39:23,357 >> BRUCE, THANK YOU AGAIN, FOR 2363 01:39:23,357 --> 01:39:26,994 YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR 2364 01:39:26,994 --> 01:39:27,728 CANDOR. 2365 01:39:27,728 --> 01:39:31,098 REGARDING THE 22% REDUCTION IN 2366 01:39:31,098 --> 01:39:33,334 YOUR STAFF AT THE NIBIB, WHAT'S 2367 01:39:33,334 --> 01:39:34,602 BEEN THE BIGGEST IMPACT? 2368 01:39:34,602 --> 01:39:37,338 I FRANKLY WANT TO HELP YOU AND 2369 01:39:37,338 --> 01:39:38,472 DISSEMINATE THROUGHOUT OUR 2370 01:39:38,472 --> 01:39:39,773 COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU 2371 01:39:39,773 --> 01:39:41,342 GUYS ARE UP AGAINST AND HOW 2372 01:39:41,342 --> 01:39:42,776 YOU'VE BEEN BASICALLY HAVING TO 2373 01:39:42,776 --> 01:39:44,612 DO MORE WITH LESS, BUT WHAT'S 2374 01:39:44,612 --> 01:39:45,946 BEEN THE BIGGEST IMPACT, FROM 2375 01:39:45,946 --> 01:39:46,847 YOUR MIND? 2376 01:39:46,847 --> 01:39:50,985 >> YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW THIS 2377 01:39:50,985 --> 01:39:52,953 HAVING UNIQUELY BEEN INVOLVED SO 2378 01:39:52,953 --> 01:39:55,422 MUCH, IN THE COMMUNICATION OF 2379 01:39:55,422 --> 01:39:58,425 WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOUR CENTER 2380 01:39:58,425 --> 01:40:00,227 HAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE 2381 01:40:00,227 --> 01:40:03,097 RADx PROGRAM AND BEYOND. 2382 01:40:03,097 --> 01:40:06,000 YOU'VE WORKED SO SEAMLESSLY WITH 2383 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:06,600 OUR INCREDIBLY TALENTED OFFICE 2384 01:40:06,600 --> 01:40:09,837 OF SCIENCE AND POLICY AND 2385 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:10,204 COMMUNICATION. 2386 01:40:10,204 --> 01:40:12,907 WE'VE BEEN TABLED TO HELP PEOPLE 2387 01:40:12,907 --> 01:40:15,676 UNDERSTAND THROUGH EXPERTISE THE 2388 01:40:15,676 --> 01:40:17,645 VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS 2389 01:40:17,645 --> 01:40:18,279 THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED, 2390 01:40:18,279 --> 01:40:20,314 NO ONE IN THE SORT OF 2391 01:40:20,314 --> 01:40:21,882 CONVENTIONAL WORLD EVER IMAGINED 2392 01:40:21,882 --> 01:40:27,054 THAT THIS COULD OCCUR. 2393 01:40:27,054 --> 01:40:33,060 AND SO WITH THE RISK THAT ENTIRE 2394 01:40:33,060 --> 01:40:35,696 TEAM AND NOW POTENTIALLY 2395 01:40:35,696 --> 01:40:36,830 RESTORATION, ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL 2396 01:40:36,830 --> 01:40:38,232 IN PROGRESS, WE DON'T REALLY 2397 01:40:38,232 --> 01:40:41,502 KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY 2398 01:40:41,502 --> 01:40:45,139 OUT, BUT SEARCH THE NEAR TERM 2399 01:40:45,139 --> 01:40:48,008 IT'S REALLY SHUT DO YOU THINK 2400 01:40:48,008 --> 01:40:49,944 OUR STREAM OF COMMUNICATIONS 2401 01:40:49,944 --> 01:40:52,579 THAT HAVE BEEN I THINK STRONGLY 2402 01:40:52,579 --> 01:40:57,184 APPRECIATED BY OUR COMMUNITY. 2403 01:40:57,184 --> 01:40:59,687 AND BY MORE THAN JUST OUR 2404 01:40:59,687 --> 01:40:59,920 PEOPLE. 2405 01:40:59,920 --> 01:41:02,623 YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY MANAGED TO 2406 01:41:02,623 --> 01:41:06,860 WORK ITS WAY INTO POPULAR PRESS 2407 01:41:06,860 --> 01:41:08,529 AND INTO INFORMING THE ENTIRE 2408 01:41:08,529 --> 01:41:09,029 AMERICAN PUBLIC. 2409 01:41:09,029 --> 01:41:10,531 SO THAT'S A BIG IMPACT. 2410 01:41:10,531 --> 01:41:12,499 WE'RE HOPEFUL THEY WILL COME 2411 01:41:12,499 --> 01:41:14,735 BACK NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS 2412 01:41:14,735 --> 01:41:16,370 TO A REORGANIZED COMMUNICATIONS 2413 01:41:16,370 --> 01:41:19,707 TEAM, ALL ACROSS THE NIH, BUT 2414 01:41:19,707 --> 01:41:21,575 COMMUNICATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY 2415 01:41:21,575 --> 01:41:24,111 IS DOING NEEDS TO BE REPRESENTED 2416 01:41:24,111 --> 01:41:25,279 WITHIN NIBIB, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL 2417 01:41:25,279 --> 01:41:27,114 THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF 2418 01:41:27,114 --> 01:41:29,183 HUB AND SPOKE MODEL WHERE WE'LL 2419 01:41:29,183 --> 01:41:32,786 STILL HAVE THE EXPERTISE 2420 01:41:32,786 --> 01:41:33,921 CONSERVED TO SOME EXTENT BUT 2421 01:41:33,921 --> 01:41:36,056 THAT'S NOT SETTLED YET. 2422 01:41:36,056 --> 01:41:39,093 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST 2423 01:41:39,093 --> 01:41:42,830 BEEN A VERY BIG ONGOING 2424 01:41:42,830 --> 01:41:44,598 DISCUSSION ABOUT ACQUISITIONS, 2425 01:41:44,598 --> 01:41:45,699 PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTING 2426 01:41:45,699 --> 01:41:46,767 OFFICERS ACROSS THE NIH. 2427 01:41:46,767 --> 01:41:49,269 WHICH YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT, 2428 01:41:49,269 --> 01:41:51,505 BUT INITIALLY WITH THE DISMISSAL 2429 01:41:51,505 --> 01:41:59,046 OF ALL THE QUALIFIED CONTRACTING 2430 01:41:59,046 --> 01:42:00,047 OFFICERS, WHICH BILLIONS OF 2431 01:42:00,047 --> 01:42:04,585 DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS NO ONE CAN 2432 01:42:04,585 --> 01:42:06,120 ACTUALLY EXECUTE THEM, SO SOME 2433 01:42:06,120 --> 01:42:09,423 COMING BACK, SOME PLAY NOT -- 2434 01:42:09,423 --> 01:42:10,624 MAY NOT BE. 2435 01:42:10,624 --> 01:42:12,126 IT'S NOT SETTLED. 2436 01:42:12,126 --> 01:42:14,895 IT'S A TOPIC PROMOTED RIGHT TO 2437 01:42:14,895 --> 01:42:18,198 THE FRONT, MATT MEMOLI, ERIC 2438 01:42:18,198 --> 01:42:24,104 SHANABEL AND JAY HAVE BEEN 2439 01:42:24,104 --> 01:42:28,909 WORKING ON IT BUT I HOPE BY 2440 01:42:28,909 --> 01:42:30,778 SEPTEMBER IT WILL HAVE WORKED 2441 01:42:30,778 --> 01:42:35,549 OUT BUT IT'S URGENT BECAUSE IT'S 2442 01:42:35,549 --> 01:42:37,651 REQUIRED FOR REGULAR PURCHASING, 2443 01:42:37,651 --> 01:42:46,293 FROM INTRAMURAL LABS, ESSENTIAL 2444 01:42:46,293 --> 01:42:46,894 FUNCTIONALITY OF EXTRAMURAL 2445 01:42:46,894 --> 01:42:49,963 PROGRAMS, SO THIS IS STILL AN 2446 01:42:49,963 --> 01:42:50,297 ONGOING TOPIC. 2447 01:42:50,297 --> 01:42:54,535 >> LET MY ADD MY THANKS TO YOU 2448 01:42:54,535 --> 01:42:55,636 AND THE NIBIB TEAM FOR 2449 01:42:55,636 --> 01:43:00,174 EVERYTHING YOU'RE CONTINUING TO 2450 01:43:00,174 --> 01:43:00,340 DO. 2451 01:43:00,340 --> 01:43:05,079 ONE THING AS YOU WERE TALKING 2452 01:43:05,079 --> 01:43:08,682 ABOUT IMPACT, THERE IS ONE AREA 2453 01:43:08,682 --> 01:43:11,618 WHOSE IMPACT NOBODY BEGINS TO 2454 01:43:11,618 --> 01:43:15,589 DEBATE, THAT'S A.I. 2455 01:43:15,589 --> 01:43:18,826 AND I'M WONDERING, A, WHERE A.I. 2456 01:43:18,826 --> 01:43:22,796 MIGHT LAND AT THE NIH, AND, B, 2457 01:43:22,796 --> 01:43:27,101 IF IT CAN LAND AS I WOULD ARGUE 2458 01:43:27,101 --> 01:43:31,105 IT SHOULD IN SOME PRETTY 2459 01:43:31,105 --> 01:43:34,408 SIGNIFICANT FOCUSED WAYS AT 2460 01:43:34,408 --> 01:43:35,109 NIBIB. 2461 01:43:35,109 --> 01:43:37,211 I THINK OF THE INSTITUTES THERE 2462 01:43:37,211 --> 01:43:39,113 ARE LOTS OF USERS OF A.I. BUT 2463 01:43:39,113 --> 01:43:40,380 OUR COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY MOST 2464 01:43:40,380 --> 01:43:42,116 RICH IN THE DEVELOPERS OF A.I. 2465 01:43:42,116 --> 01:43:43,117 METHODS. 2466 01:43:43,117 --> 01:43:45,953 AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRIME 2467 01:43:45,953 --> 01:43:47,521 TO A.I. INITIATIVE, FANTASTIC IN 2468 01:43:47,521 --> 01:43:48,655 LINE WITH MANY PRIORITIES I'VE 2469 01:43:48,655 --> 01:43:50,791 SEEN OF THE CURRENT 2470 01:43:50,791 --> 01:43:52,159 ADMINISTRATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 2471 01:43:52,159 --> 01:43:55,496 THERE ANY WAY MAYBE IN ADDITION 2472 01:43:55,496 --> 01:44:00,134 TO TELLING OUR DIVERSE STORIES 2473 01:44:00,134 --> 01:44:01,902 OF IMPACT THAT WE CAN MAYBE 2474 01:44:01,902 --> 01:44:03,670 FOCUS A LITTLE BIT AND TURN INTO 2475 01:44:03,670 --> 01:44:09,676 KIND OF THE A.I. INSTITUTE? 2476 01:44:09,676 --> 01:44:12,446 >> YEAH, AND I THINK THIS IS 2477 01:44:12,446 --> 01:44:15,949 PART OF OUR MISSION AND 2478 01:44:15,949 --> 01:44:20,721 RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT ONLY KIND 2479 01:44:20,721 --> 01:44:21,688 OF COMMUNICATE THE EXTENSIVE 2480 01:44:21,688 --> 01:44:25,826 INVOLVEMENT WE HAVE IN A.I., I 2481 01:44:25,826 --> 01:44:27,027 MEAN EVEN FROM PROGRAMMATIC 2482 01:44:27,027 --> 01:44:33,867 POINT OF VIEW CO-LEADING PRIME 2483 01:44:33,867 --> 01:44:34,701 TO A.I., CO-LEADING THE OTHER 2484 01:44:34,701 --> 01:44:36,336 MAJOR BRIDGE TO A.I. INITIATIVE, 2485 01:44:36,336 --> 01:44:39,907 WHICH WE MAY PORE MAY -- MAY OR 2486 01:44:39,907 --> 01:44:41,375 MAY NOT BE GOING FORWARD IN 2487 01:44:41,375 --> 01:44:46,980 COMMON FUND, PROPOSED SEVERAL 2488 01:44:46,980 --> 01:44:48,315 OTHER INITIATIVES, SUBJECT 2489 01:44:48,315 --> 01:44:48,916 MATTER EXPERTS ARE STRONG 2490 01:44:48,916 --> 01:44:53,453 LEADERS IN A.I. AND THE DOUBLE 2491 01:44:53,453 --> 01:44:55,789 EDGED WORLD. 2492 01:44:55,789 --> 01:45:00,227 AS AN INVERSE PROBLEM 2493 01:45:00,227 --> 01:45:02,229 AFICIONADO, THIS DRIVES ME 2494 01:45:02,229 --> 01:45:02,429 CRAZY. 2495 01:45:02,429 --> 01:45:04,198 NO ONE EVER SOLVED AN INVERSE 2496 01:45:04,198 --> 01:45:05,632 PROBLEM IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND 2497 01:45:05,632 --> 01:45:08,202 SO THEY HAVE TO INVENT NEW 2498 01:45:08,202 --> 01:45:10,003 TERMINOLOGY, BUT WE KNOW THEY 2499 01:45:10,003 --> 01:45:20,514 WILL POST INVEST PROBLEMS, YOU 2500 01:45:21,815 --> 01:45:28,622 KNOW, PI SQUARED MINIMI NOW 2501 01:45:28,622 --> 01:45:30,424 KNOWN AS HALLUCINATIONS. 2502 01:45:30,424 --> 01:45:31,525 TO HELP COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND 2503 01:45:31,525 --> 01:45:33,327 LIMITATIONS OF A.I. AND NOT JUST 2504 01:45:33,327 --> 01:45:37,297 HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL VERSED 2505 01:45:37,297 --> 01:45:42,135 AND SCHOOLED IN POLICY AND 2506 01:45:42,135 --> 01:45:43,804 POLITICIAN TO RUN THE DEBATE, SO 2507 01:45:43,804 --> 01:45:49,009 WE HAVE THE CAPACITY IN OUR 2508 01:45:49,009 --> 01:45:51,044 COMMUNITY TO HELP GUIDE POLICY 2509 01:45:51,044 --> 01:45:53,547 AND HIGHER LEVEL DECISIONS ABOUT 2510 01:45:53,547 --> 01:45:57,217 A.I., SO JUMP IN THERE AND BE 2511 01:45:57,217 --> 01:45:57,951 REPRESENTED. 2512 01:45:57,951 --> 01:46:00,587 AND WE -- I CAN'T SORT OF TALK 2513 01:46:00,587 --> 01:46:02,456 ABOUT ANY MORE DETAILS THAN 2514 01:46:02,456 --> 01:46:04,858 THAT, OTHER THAN WE ARE VERY 2515 01:46:04,858 --> 01:46:06,960 MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT, AND I'M 2516 01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:10,631 PLEASED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, 2517 01:46:10,631 --> 01:46:12,065 ETERNALLY PEOPLE LOOK TO US AS 2518 01:46:12,065 --> 01:46:13,500 AT LEAST THE MECHANICS WHO 2519 01:46:13,500 --> 01:46:17,004 UNDERSTAND HOW THE CAR WORKS. 2520 01:46:17,004 --> 01:46:18,739 BUT, YOU KNOW, I READILY REMIND 2521 01:46:18,739 --> 01:46:23,110 PEOPLE, EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE 2522 01:46:23,110 --> 01:46:27,614 TO KNOW LINEAR A LITTLE ALGEBRA 2523 01:46:27,614 --> 01:46:29,283 BUT AVOIDING HALLUCINATIONS IS 2524 01:46:29,283 --> 01:46:30,050 SOMETHING THE IMAGING COMMUNITY 2525 01:46:30,050 --> 01:46:35,122 HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE 2526 01:46:35,122 --> 01:46:37,057 SOME TIME, UNDERSTANDING POWER 2527 01:46:37,057 --> 01:46:39,059 OF THE LIMITATIONS AS IT BECOMES 2528 01:46:39,059 --> 01:46:42,396 INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE AND PEOPLE 2529 01:46:42,396 --> 01:46:45,732 ARE HOPEFUL FOR ADOPTION, WE CAN 2530 01:46:45,732 --> 01:46:47,100 MAKE A REALLY STRONG 2531 01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:50,203 CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUTH, 2532 01:46:50,203 --> 01:46:51,104 TRUTHFUL APPLICATIONS, BUT ALL 2533 01:46:51,104 --> 01:46:54,174 OF YOU GUYS HAVE TO PARALLELIZE 2534 01:46:54,174 --> 01:46:57,444 THAT MESSAGE IN EVERY ONE OF 2535 01:46:57,444 --> 01:46:59,246 YOUR DOMAINS AND PEOPLE NEED TO 2536 01:46:59,246 --> 01:47:01,548 THINK FIRST, IT EXTENDS OF 2537 01:47:01,548 --> 01:47:03,083 COURSE TO YOUR STUDENTS, GIVING 2538 01:47:03,083 --> 01:47:06,420 THEM PROPER SKILLS AND 2539 01:47:06,420 --> 01:47:07,120 BACKGROUND AND TRAINING. 2540 01:47:07,120 --> 01:47:09,690 A.I. FIELD HAS MOVED SO FAST 2541 01:47:09,690 --> 01:47:12,392 THAT JOBS IN A.I., TODAY, ARE 2542 01:47:12,392 --> 01:47:14,061 VERY DIFFERENT. 2543 01:47:14,061 --> 01:47:17,631 YOU MAY GET A JOB IN A.I. FOR 2544 01:47:17,631 --> 01:47:19,700 YOUR SKILL IN DEVELOPING INITIAL 2545 01:47:19,700 --> 01:47:21,468 GUESSES, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU 2546 01:47:21,468 --> 01:47:24,938 KNOW, ACTUALLY WRITING NEW CODE. 2547 01:47:24,938 --> 01:47:25,972 SO, YEAH. 2548 01:47:25,972 --> 01:47:31,111 THAT'S A BIG, BIG CHALLENGE. 2549 01:47:31,111 --> 01:47:32,179 >> A QUICK FOLLOW-UP IS, YOU 2550 01:47:32,179 --> 01:47:34,181 KNOW, TIME WAS THE ROLE OF 2551 01:47:34,181 --> 01:47:39,119 GOVERNMENT IN A.I., LARGELY SEEN 2552 01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:40,520 AS A REGULATORY ROLE. 2553 01:47:40,520 --> 01:47:43,256 BUT SORT OF IN OPPOSITION TO 2554 01:47:43,256 --> 01:47:45,459 LARGE COMPANIES WHO WERE DOING 2555 01:47:45,459 --> 01:47:46,760 INNOVATION, I JUST THINK IT 2556 01:47:46,760 --> 01:47:49,029 WOULD BE AN INTERESTING REFRAME 2557 01:47:49,029 --> 01:47:54,801 FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE PART OF THE 2558 01:47:54,801 --> 01:47:55,702 INNOVATION. 2559 01:47:55,702 --> 01:47:59,840 AND FOR NIBIB TO BE AT THE 2560 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:02,542 CENTER OF THAT SORT OF 2561 01:48:02,542 --> 01:48:04,010 INNOVATIVE THREAD, PERHAPS 2562 01:48:04,010 --> 01:48:05,379 WORKING WITH COMPANIES. 2563 01:48:05,379 --> 01:48:06,179 BECAUSE I THINK AGAIN THERE ARE 2564 01:48:06,179 --> 01:48:08,782 A LOT OF -- YOU TALKED ABOUT US 2565 01:48:08,782 --> 01:48:10,684 AS THE MECHANICS WHO UNDERSTAND. 2566 01:48:10,684 --> 01:48:11,518 WE DON'T JUST UNDERSTAND, WE 2567 01:48:11,518 --> 01:48:14,054 BUILD THE A.I.s NOW. 2568 01:48:14,054 --> 01:48:15,555 WE BUILD THEM WITH PROTECTION 2569 01:48:15,555 --> 01:48:16,022 AGAINST HALLUCINATION. 2570 01:48:16,022 --> 01:48:19,326 WE BUILD THEM IN NEW WAYS, TO DO 2571 01:48:19,326 --> 01:48:20,894 NEW TASKS, NOT COPY WHAT HUMANS 2572 01:48:20,894 --> 01:48:21,595 HAVE DONE. 2573 01:48:21,595 --> 01:48:22,696 I DO THINK, I DON'T KNOW, 2574 01:48:22,696 --> 01:48:26,967 THERE'S A FUTURE I COULD 2575 01:48:26,967 --> 01:48:29,169 ENVISION ANYWAY WHERE NIBIB IS 2576 01:48:29,169 --> 01:48:31,104 ACTUALLY BEING THE GOVERNMENT 2577 01:48:31,104 --> 01:48:34,007 ARM OF A.I. INNOVATION, JUST 2578 01:48:34,007 --> 01:48:34,975 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 2579 01:48:34,975 --> 01:48:36,510 >> I THINK SPIRITUALLY WE CAN 2580 01:48:36,510 --> 01:48:38,011 MANAGE TO GET PEOPLE ON BOARD 2581 01:48:38,011 --> 01:48:38,678 WITH THAT. 2582 01:48:38,678 --> 01:48:40,614 FROM A SIZE OR MASS POINT OF 2583 01:48:40,614 --> 01:48:44,184 VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING 2584 01:48:44,184 --> 01:48:44,518 THERE. 2585 01:48:44,518 --> 01:48:47,954 BUT PEOPLE WILL LOOK TO AND TURN 2586 01:48:47,954 --> 01:48:50,957 TO US, PRIMED A.I. APPROACHES, 2587 01:48:50,957 --> 01:48:53,193 ADVANCES, SO THE MIDRC 2588 01:48:53,193 --> 01:48:53,794 FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN PEOPLE A 2589 01:48:53,794 --> 01:48:59,332 LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR SORT OF 2590 01:48:59,332 --> 01:49:00,534 COLLECTIVE VISION FOR WHAT 2591 01:49:00,534 --> 01:49:04,037 IMPACT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN 2592 01:49:04,037 --> 01:49:06,773 HAVE ON A.I. 2593 01:49:06,773 --> 01:49:11,111 BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, 2594 01:49:11,111 --> 01:49:12,646 AGAIN, TO EXPAND OUR EFFECTIVE 2595 01:49:12,646 --> 01:49:15,882 MASS REQUIRES ALL OF YOU GUYS, 2596 01:49:15,882 --> 01:49:16,983 KIND OF CONVEYING THAT MESSAGE. 2597 01:49:16,983 --> 01:49:19,820 WE ARE, WE PART OF THE NATIONAL 2598 01:49:19,820 --> 01:49:22,355 A.I. RESEARCH RESOURCE, PART OF 2599 01:49:22,355 --> 01:49:24,524 THE BIOMEDICAL DATA FABRIC. 2600 01:49:24,524 --> 01:49:27,961 THIS, YOU KNOW, MIDRC NOW HAS 2601 01:49:27,961 --> 01:49:30,130 GOTTEN FUNDING FROM M TECH, 2602 01:49:30,130 --> 01:49:31,865 DoD'S M TECH PROGRAM FOR 2603 01:49:31,865 --> 01:49:33,467 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 2604 01:49:33,467 --> 01:49:37,137 SO THESE ARE SINE QUA NONES OF 2605 01:49:37,137 --> 01:49:39,573 DATABASES, ALGORITHM 2606 01:49:39,573 --> 01:49:40,874 DEVELOPMENT, FDA COLLABORATION, 2607 01:49:40,874 --> 01:49:42,442 AND ALGORITHM CLEARANCE AND 2608 01:49:42,442 --> 01:49:44,578 PARTNERSHIP WITH FDA AND 2609 01:49:44,578 --> 01:49:45,612 SOFTWARE MEDICAL DEVICE, YOU 2610 01:49:45,612 --> 01:49:47,547 KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE 2611 01:49:47,547 --> 01:49:49,583 KIND OF TALK ABOUT BUT OUR 2612 01:49:49,583 --> 01:49:51,051 COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DIGS DOWN 2613 01:49:51,051 --> 01:49:52,953 DEEP INTO. 2614 01:49:52,953 --> 01:49:55,222 AND THERE'S A LOT OF 2615 01:49:55,222 --> 01:49:56,656 INTERCHANGEABLE EXPERTISE 2616 01:49:56,656 --> 01:49:59,025 BETWEEN THE FDA FOLKS WHO ARE 2617 01:49:59,025 --> 01:49:59,759 PROSECUTING AND DOING THAT AND 2618 01:49:59,759 --> 01:50:03,964 NICK MIGHT HAVE THOUGHTS ON 2619 01:50:03,964 --> 01:50:07,234 THIS, LET'S GET THIS STUFF DONE. 2620 01:50:07,234 --> 01:50:15,242 AND THOSE ARE GREAT 2621 01:50:15,242 --> 01:50:15,909 OPPORTUNITIES. 2622 01:50:15,909 --> 01:50:19,112 >> GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURE, 2623 01:50:19,112 --> 01:50:21,381 LESS ABOUT BUILDING FUNDAMENTAL 2624 01:50:21,381 --> 01:50:23,116 BENCHMARKS BUT INTEGRATING INTO 2625 01:50:23,116 --> 01:50:24,551 CLINICAL CONTEXT, USING THEM IN 2626 01:50:24,551 --> 01:50:27,954 EFFECTIVE WAY, HOW DO YOU AVOID 2627 01:50:27,954 --> 01:50:29,055 HALLUCINATIONS OR AVOID NEGATIVE 2628 01:50:29,055 --> 01:50:30,223 CONSEQUENCES FROM THE A.I., HOW 2629 01:50:30,223 --> 01:50:32,626 DO YOU MAKE IT WORK IN THE 2630 01:50:32,626 --> 01:50:33,593 WORKFLOW AND CLINICAL SETTING, 2631 01:50:33,593 --> 01:50:35,228 WHAT ARE THE RIGHT APPLICATION 2632 01:50:35,228 --> 01:50:37,130 AREAS, HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE WITH 2633 01:50:37,130 --> 01:50:38,331 THE READERS AND HUMANS, AND THEN 2634 01:50:38,331 --> 01:50:40,400 OF COURSE FROM OUR SIDE HOW DO 2635 01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:42,903 YOU -- WHAT TYPES OF TESTING, 2636 01:50:42,903 --> 01:50:43,703 EVALUATION, METHODOLOGY ARE 2637 01:50:43,703 --> 01:50:44,871 NEEDED. 2638 01:50:44,871 --> 01:50:47,774 AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, 2639 01:50:47,774 --> 01:50:50,911 BRUCE, INVERSE PROBLEMS, 2640 01:50:50,911 --> 01:50:52,045 RECONSTRUCTIONS, YOU'RE TALKING 2641 01:50:52,045 --> 01:50:52,712 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RADIOLOGY 2642 01:50:52,712 --> 01:50:53,914 REPORT GENERATION WHICH IS A BIG 2643 01:50:53,914 --> 01:50:55,949 EAR NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING 2644 01:50:55,949 --> 01:50:57,117 INTO, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE 2645 01:50:57,117 --> 01:50:58,051 REALLY IMPORTANT AND 2646 01:50:58,051 --> 01:50:59,452 UNDERSTANDING THOSE FROM A 2647 01:50:59,452 --> 01:51:00,287 RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE AND 2648 01:51:00,287 --> 01:51:02,389 ADVANCING THAT I THINK IS A 2649 01:51:02,389 --> 01:51:03,957 GREAT WAY TO PARTNERSHIP WITH 2650 01:51:03,957 --> 01:51:05,392 NIBIB AND OTHERS TO MAKE THAT 2651 01:51:05,392 --> 01:51:06,259 REALLY MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE 2652 01:51:06,259 --> 01:51:08,528 THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A KEY 2653 01:51:08,528 --> 01:51:10,430 AREA TO MAKES THIS FUNCTION 2654 01:51:10,430 --> 01:51:14,234 WORKABLE AND EFFECTIVE IN THE 2655 01:51:14,234 --> 01:51:17,804 CLINICAL SETTING. 2656 01:51:17,804 --> 01:51:19,506 >> YEAH, AND WHERE THERE'S NOT A 2657 01:51:19,506 --> 01:51:21,141 MARKET YET, AND THERE'S GOING TO 2658 01:51:21,141 --> 01:51:23,743 BE A LOT OF MARKET DISRUPTION, 2659 01:51:23,743 --> 01:51:24,344 AS MULTI-MODALITY APPROACHES 2660 01:51:24,344 --> 01:51:26,746 COME OUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE 2661 01:51:26,746 --> 01:51:29,282 MARKETING AND WHAT'S THE PAY 2662 01:51:29,282 --> 01:51:32,152 STRUCTURE FOR A MULTI-MODALITY 2663 01:51:32,152 --> 01:51:34,654 IMAGE PLUS GENOMIC PLUS CLINICAL 2664 01:51:34,654 --> 01:51:35,422 HISTORY INTEGRATION INTO THE 2665 01:51:35,422 --> 01:51:36,156 DECISION MAKING? 2666 01:51:36,156 --> 01:51:37,257 ARE THOSE GOING TO BE THINGS 2667 01:51:37,257 --> 01:51:38,291 THAT SMALL COMPANIES ARE GOING 2668 01:51:38,291 --> 01:51:41,828 TO BE PUSHING OUT TO INDIVIDUAL 2669 01:51:41,828 --> 01:51:42,162 PRACTITIONERS? 2670 01:51:42,162 --> 01:51:45,832 SO THEY CAN OPTIMIZE HOW THEY 2671 01:51:45,832 --> 01:51:47,701 TREAT THEIR OWN PATIENTS IN 2672 01:51:47,701 --> 01:51:51,104 SMALL GROUPS OR BE ONLY LICENSED 2673 01:51:51,104 --> 01:51:55,342 AND USED BY SORT OF LARGE HEALTH 2674 01:51:55,342 --> 01:51:56,009 CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS, SO A LOT 2675 01:51:56,009 --> 01:51:58,044 OF THIS IS IS GOING TO COME DOWN 2676 01:51:58,044 --> 01:52:00,847 TO HOW THE FDA VIEWS CLAIMS AND, 2677 01:52:00,847 --> 01:52:04,050 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC 2678 01:52:04,050 --> 01:52:07,420 SPACE BUT I THINK WE -- A LOT OF 2679 01:52:07,420 --> 01:52:08,922 OUR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ARE 2680 01:52:08,922 --> 01:52:11,091 SUPER INTERESTED IN IF YOU TALK 2681 01:52:11,091 --> 01:52:14,461 TO ANY ENTREPRENEUR CLASS OR 2682 01:52:14,461 --> 01:52:16,663 INNOVATOR CLASS, EVERYBODY'S GOT 2683 01:52:16,663 --> 01:52:17,631 A.I. ON THEIR HORIZON, AS ONE OF 2684 01:52:17,631 --> 01:52:21,334 THE TOOLS THEY ARE GOING TO 2685 01:52:21,334 --> 01:52:24,104 RELEASE, AND I THINK MAYBE 2686 01:52:24,104 --> 01:52:25,238 MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR 2687 01:52:25,238 --> 01:52:26,306 START-UPS TO GET SUFFICIENT 2688 01:52:26,306 --> 01:52:28,041 AMOUNT OF DATA NECESSARY FOR 2689 01:52:28,041 --> 01:52:29,175 RELIABLE DECISION MAKING. 2690 01:52:29,175 --> 01:52:33,179 SO IT GETS ME BACK TO THE 2691 01:52:33,179 --> 01:52:34,714 COMBINATION, PHYSICS AND MACHINE 2692 01:52:34,714 --> 01:52:38,318 LEARNING MODELS, WHERE YOU HAVE 2693 01:52:38,318 --> 01:52:38,685 EXPLAINABILITY, 2694 01:52:38,685 --> 01:52:40,954 INTERPRETABILITY, AND THERE'S A 2695 01:52:40,954 --> 01:52:43,957 FEW REALLY BEAUTIFUL DE NOVO 2696 01:52:43,957 --> 01:52:44,991 CLEARANCE EXAMPLES, SOFTWARES, 2697 01:52:44,991 --> 01:52:52,532 MEDICAL DEVICE, FROM FDA IN 2024 2698 01:52:52,532 --> 01:52:54,300 THAT INTEGRATE THOSE. 2699 01:52:54,300 --> 01:52:58,071 AND THEN A LOT OF THOUGHT GOING 2700 01:52:58,071 --> 01:53:01,374 INTO THE CLAIMS, SO HIGH 2701 01:53:01,374 --> 01:53:02,242 SENSITIVITY, BUT NOT 2702 01:53:02,242 --> 01:53:02,809 SPECIFICITY. 2703 01:53:02,809 --> 01:53:05,311 SO KIND OF SCREENING TYPES OF 2704 01:53:05,311 --> 01:53:07,380 APPROACHES FOR CLINICAL DECISION 2705 01:53:07,380 --> 01:53:08,581 MAKING, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY 2706 01:53:08,581 --> 01:53:10,417 SOMETHING WE HAVE TO -- OUR 2707 01:53:10,417 --> 01:53:14,954 COMMUNITY HAS TO GET INTO THIS 2708 01:53:14,954 --> 01:53:20,627 DISCUSSION AT EVERY LEVEL. 2709 01:53:20,627 --> 01:53:20,894 >> OKAY. 2710 01:53:20,894 --> 01:53:23,596 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, 2711 01:53:23,596 --> 01:53:29,302 THANK YOU, BRUCE, FOR YOUR TALK 2712 01:53:29,302 --> 01:53:29,703 AND COMMENTS. 2713 01:53:29,703 --> 01:53:31,004 APPRECIATED BY ALL. 2714 01:53:31,004 --> 01:53:34,374 I'LL CALL AN AUDIBLE AND TAKE A 2715 01:53:34,374 --> 01:53:38,445 QUICK BREAK. 2716 01:53:38,445 --> 01:53:42,849 LET'S GET BACK AT 3:05. 2717 01:53:42,849 --> 01:53:45,618 THAT GIVERS YOU JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES. 2718 01:53:45,618 --> 01:53:45,852 I'LL SEE YOU IN A MINUTE. >> STILL IN THE PUBLIC PART? 2719 01:53:45,852 --> 01:53:47,454 >> YES. >> EXCELLENT. 2720 01:53:47,454 --> 01:53:51,692 THANKS. 2721 01:53:52,612 --> 01:53:57,049 WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO 2722 01:53:57,049 --> 01:54:00,453 CONCEPT CLEARANCE PORTION 2723 01:54:00,453 --> 01:54:06,092 REQUIRED BY POLICY TO PRESENT 2724 01:54:06,092 --> 01:54:08,995 CONCEPTS PUBLICLY,ED THAT WE 2725 01:54:08,995 --> 01:54:10,429 HAVE -- TODAY WE HAVE ONE. 2726 01:54:10,429 --> 01:54:13,566 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. RANDY 2727 01:54:13,566 --> 01:54:14,433 KING, ULTRASOUND PROGRAM 2728 01:54:14,433 --> 01:54:15,635 DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF APPLIED 2729 01:54:15,635 --> 01:54:17,536 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TO 2730 01:54:17,536 --> 01:54:24,076 PRESENT A CONCEPT ON REISSUE OF 2731 01:54:24,076 --> 01:54:24,477 NIBIB TRAILBLAZER. 2732 01:54:24,477 --> 01:54:25,211 >> THANKS, ANNA. 2733 01:54:25,211 --> 01:54:26,712 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 2734 01:54:26,712 --> 01:54:28,047 OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE 2735 01:54:28,047 --> 01:54:29,281 RESHARE OF THE TRAILBLAZER. 2736 01:54:29,281 --> 01:54:32,551 BEFORE I START I WANT TO THANK 2737 01:54:32,551 --> 01:54:35,588 THE NIBIB DATA TEAM PARTICULARLY 2738 01:54:35,588 --> 01:54:36,822 JENNIFER JACKSON WHO VERIFIED 2739 01:54:36,822 --> 01:54:38,991 DATA AND ITS PRESENTATION. 2740 01:54:38,991 --> 01:54:44,296 THE TRAILBLAZER IS DUE TO 2741 01:54:44,296 --> 01:54:47,466 EXPIRE, IT'S AN R21 MECHANISM 2742 01:54:47,466 --> 01:54:50,703 THAT BEGAN WITH NIBIB, OPEN ONLY 2743 01:54:50,703 --> 01:54:51,671 TO NEW INVESTIGATORS, MINIMAL 2744 01:54:51,671 --> 01:54:54,874 AMOUNT OF PRELIMINARY DATA IS 2745 01:54:54,874 --> 01:54:58,110 ALLOWED, $400,000 IN DIRECT 2746 01:54:58,110 --> 01:55:01,681 COST, THREE YEARS, AS WITH ALL 2747 01:55:01,681 --> 01:55:05,418 R21 NOT RENEWABLE. 2748 01:55:05,418 --> 01:55:06,919 NIBIB ISSUED IN 2017, CAME ABOUT 2749 01:55:06,919 --> 01:55:10,656 AS A RESULT OF WORKING WITH 2750 01:55:10,656 --> 01:55:14,093 COUNCIL, TASK FORCE THAT WAS LED 2751 01:55:14,093 --> 01:55:18,431 BY BRUCE TROMBERG, THEN COUNCIL 2752 01:55:18,431 --> 01:55:19,665 MEMBER, FORMED INTO RESPONSE 2753 01:55:19,665 --> 01:55:20,599 FROM SEVERAL CONDITIONS WE RAN 2754 01:55:20,599 --> 01:55:23,903 INTO AT THAT TIME. 2755 01:55:23,903 --> 01:55:29,008 AROUND 2015 WE WERE SUFFERING 2756 01:55:29,008 --> 01:55:33,879 FROM FALLEN PAYLINE. 2757 01:55:33,879 --> 01:55:39,051 R01 AND R21 PAY LINES WERE TIED 2758 01:55:39,051 --> 01:55:41,253 TOGETHER, R01 APPLICATIONS 2759 01:55:41,253 --> 01:55:42,888 REMAINED STEADY, RESULTING IN WE 2760 01:55:42,888 --> 01:55:45,091 WERE CONCERNED THAT THE R01 2761 01:55:45,091 --> 01:55:49,195 COULD TAKE OVER THE NIBIB 2762 01:55:49,195 --> 01:55:53,032 BUDGET, THE PROVERBIAL WEED IN 2763 01:55:53,032 --> 01:55:53,499 THE BUDGETARY GARDEN. 2764 01:55:53,499 --> 01:55:56,135 DATA AT THAT TIME, THE TASK 2765 01:55:56,135 --> 01:55:59,004 FORCE, WE FOUND THAT WITH THE 2766 01:55:59,004 --> 01:56:03,275 R21 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS 2767 01:56:03,275 --> 01:56:05,177 ARE OUTCOMPETING EARLY STAGE 2768 01:56:05,177 --> 01:56:07,413 INVESTIGATORS, SO FUNDING FOR 2769 01:56:07,413 --> 01:56:10,983 ESTABLISH WAS TWICE THE RATE OF 2770 01:56:10,983 --> 01:56:14,520 EARLY STAGE, AROUND 60% OF R21 2771 01:56:14,520 --> 01:56:15,688 SUBMISSIONS WERE EARLY STAGE, 2772 01:56:15,688 --> 01:56:18,290 40% OF R21 AWARDS WERE MADE TO 2773 01:56:18,290 --> 01:56:19,391 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATOR. 2774 01:56:19,391 --> 01:56:22,528 SO AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY PREDICT 2775 01:56:22,528 --> 01:56:23,963 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS ARE 2776 01:56:23,963 --> 01:56:28,868 SCORING BETTER ON R21 2777 01:56:28,868 --> 01:56:29,368 APPLICATIONS. 2778 01:56:29,368 --> 01:56:31,771 ONE SOLUTION WAS WITHDRAWING 2779 01:56:31,771 --> 01:56:40,179 FROM R21 TOGETHER. 2780 01:56:40,179 --> 01:56:42,114 WE FOUND R21 DOES HAVE VALUE 2781 01:56:42,114 --> 01:56:42,982 ESPECIALLY EARLY STAGE 2782 01:56:42,982 --> 01:56:46,218 INVESTIGATOR COMMUNITY. 2783 01:56:46,218 --> 01:56:49,889 PATENT AND PUBLICATION METRICS 2784 01:56:49,889 --> 01:56:54,693 IN R21 OUTPERFORMED R01s, R21 2785 01:56:54,693 --> 01:56:56,128 ATTRACT UNIQUE COMMUNITY FROM 2786 01:56:56,128 --> 01:56:58,297 STEM FIELDS AND PARTICULARLY 2787 01:56:58,297 --> 01:56:59,799 NIBIB WE'RE IN A POSITION TO 2788 01:56:59,799 --> 01:57:01,467 BRING IN INVESTIGATORS FROM 2789 01:57:01,467 --> 01:57:02,034 PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND 2790 01:57:02,034 --> 01:57:05,571 COMPUTATIONAL FIELD IN AREAS 2791 01:57:05,571 --> 01:57:07,807 THAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN NIH 2792 01:57:07,807 --> 01:57:09,608 FUNDING, WE SAW FOR NEW 2793 01:57:09,608 --> 01:57:11,777 INVESTIGATORS, EARLY STAGE 2794 01:57:11,777 --> 01:57:13,078 INVESTIGATORS R21s DOUBLED 2795 01:57:13,078 --> 01:57:15,648 LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING R01, ONE 2796 01:57:15,648 --> 01:57:22,254 OF THE PRIORITIES TO GET THAT 2797 01:57:22,254 --> 01:57:23,656 INVESTIGATOR INTO THE R01. 2798 01:57:23,656 --> 01:57:28,460 WE CAME ONE A THOUGHTFUL 2799 01:57:28,460 --> 01:57:30,095 APPROACH, MANAGING R21 PORTFOLIO 2800 01:57:30,095 --> 01:57:32,898 SPENDING, WE DID THAT PARTLY BY 2801 01:57:32,898 --> 01:57:41,340 DISASSOCIATES R01 R01 PAYLINE R 2802 01:57:41,340 --> 01:57:41,941 2. 2803 01:57:41,941 --> 01:57:44,343 WHAT THAT MEANS IS R21, THEY 2804 01:57:44,343 --> 01:57:46,178 DON'T GET A PERCENTILE PUBLISHED 2805 01:57:46,178 --> 01:57:47,680 ON SUMMARY STATEMENT, WE TAKE 2806 01:57:47,680 --> 01:57:48,948 SEVERAL CRITERIA INTO ACCOUNT 2807 01:57:48,948 --> 01:57:52,585 WHEN WE AWARD THE R21, INCLUDING 2808 01:57:52,585 --> 01:57:54,119 REVIEW SCORE, WEIGHTED HEAVILY 2809 01:57:54,119 --> 01:57:55,621 BUT WE LOOK AT OTHER CRITERIA 2810 01:57:55,621 --> 01:57:58,490 SUCH AS NOVELTY OF RESEARCH, 2811 01:57:58,490 --> 01:58:01,560 PRIORITIES OF THE INSTITUTE, AS 2812 01:58:01,560 --> 01:58:02,828 WELL AS INVESTIGATOR. 2813 01:58:02,828 --> 01:58:05,064 WE REALLY WANTED TO RETURN TO 2814 01:58:05,064 --> 01:58:08,500 THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE R21. 2815 01:58:08,500 --> 01:58:11,904 AT THIS TIME A LOT WERE 2816 01:58:11,904 --> 01:58:12,771 RESEMBLING SMALL R01s WHICH 2817 01:58:12,771 --> 01:58:16,809 WASN'T THE SPIRIT OF THE R21, 2818 01:58:16,809 --> 01:58:18,477 REALLY FORETHAT UNIQUE NOVEL 2819 01:58:18,477 --> 01:58:19,178 EXPLORATORY NON-INCREMENTAL TYPE 2820 01:58:19,178 --> 01:58:20,012 OF RESEARCH. 2821 01:58:20,012 --> 01:58:24,550 WE WANTED TO GET BACK TO THAT. 2822 01:58:24,550 --> 01:58:25,918 WHEE WANTED TO INITIATE THESE, 2823 01:58:25,918 --> 01:58:28,954 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T 2824 01:58:28,954 --> 01:58:34,126 IMPACT THE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR IN 2825 01:58:34,126 --> 01:58:35,961 A NEGATIVE WAY. 2826 01:58:35,961 --> 01:58:39,698 THE TRAILBLAZER IS ONLY OPEN TO 2827 01:58:39,698 --> 01:58:41,000 NEW INVESTIGATORS, AND WHILE 2828 01:58:41,000 --> 01:58:42,835 PRELIMINARY DATA IS NOT REQUIRED 2829 01:58:42,835 --> 01:58:44,303 OR EVEN EXPECTED, A MINIMUM 2830 01:58:44,303 --> 01:58:45,738 AMOUNT IS ALLOWED, HALF A PAGE 2831 01:58:45,738 --> 01:58:47,606 OF PRELIMINARY DATA WHICH CAN 2832 01:58:47,606 --> 01:58:50,242 INCLUDE UP TO ONE FIGURE, 2833 01:58:50,242 --> 01:58:51,977 $400,000 DIRECT COST, THREE 2834 01:58:51,977 --> 01:58:57,449 YEARS, COMPARED TO PARENT R21, 2835 01:58:57,449 --> 01:58:58,550 OPEN TO EVERYONE, $275,000 2836 01:58:58,550 --> 01:59:01,120 DIRECT COST, TWO YEARS, YOU SEE 2837 01:59:01,120 --> 01:59:03,656 THE TRAILBLAZER IS SUBSTANTIALLY 2838 01:59:03,656 --> 01:59:07,359 MORE MONEY AND MORE TIME. 2839 01:59:07,359 --> 01:59:09,261 WHAT WAS THE IMPACT? 2840 01:59:09,261 --> 01:59:09,762 LOOK AT THE PLOT. 2841 01:59:09,762 --> 01:59:12,131 THIS IS THE NUMBER OF 2842 01:59:12,131 --> 01:59:13,999 APPLICATIONS OVER TIME FROM 2019 2843 01:59:13,999 --> 01:59:17,269 TO 2024, THE FIRST FULL YEAR WE 2844 01:59:17,269 --> 01:59:18,404 HAD DATA FOR. 2845 01:59:18,404 --> 01:59:21,206 TRAILBLAZER CAME OUT IN MAY OF 2846 01:59:21,206 --> 01:59:30,616 2017, SO IT WASN'T OUT FOR A 2847 01:59:30,616 --> 01:59:30,816 FULL 2848 01:59:30,816 --> 01:59:32,151 YEAR UNTIL 2018, AND PEAKED IN 2849 01:59:32,151 --> 01:59:33,352 THAT TIME FRAME. 2850 01:59:33,352 --> 01:59:35,721 AFTER THAT WHEN WE INITIATED 2851 01:59:35,721 --> 01:59:37,523 TRAILBLAZER WE HELPED CONTROL 2852 01:59:37,523 --> 01:59:40,125 NUMBER OF R21 WE WERE BRINGING 2853 01:59:40,125 --> 01:59:42,127 INTO THE INSTITUTE. 2854 01:59:42,127 --> 01:59:44,763 AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING AT R01 2855 01:59:44,763 --> 01:59:47,066 APPLICATIONS ON THE PLOT IT 2856 01:59:47,066 --> 01:59:49,301 REMAINED STABLE, HOVERING AROUND 2857 01:59:49,301 --> 01:59:51,503 600 APPLICATIONS. 2858 01:59:51,503 --> 01:59:52,838 SO DOES SEEM THAT THE 2859 01:59:52,838 --> 01:59:55,007 TRAILBLAZER AND THESE OTHER 2860 01:59:55,007 --> 01:59:56,475 INTERVENTIONS WERE ABLE TO 2861 01:59:56,475 --> 01:59:58,110 CONTROL THE NUMBER OF R21s WE 2862 01:59:58,110 --> 02:00:03,349 BROUGHT INTO THE INSTITUTE, NOT 2863 02:00:03,349 --> 02:00:06,752 AFFECTING R01s. 2864 02:00:06,752 --> 02:00:10,289 WHAT ABOUT THAT YOUNG 2865 02:00:10,289 --> 02:00:12,024 INVESTIGATOR, THE R21 HELPED? 2866 02:00:12,024 --> 02:00:15,661 DATA FROM 2015. 2867 02:00:15,661 --> 02:00:17,730 WE AWARDED 85 NEW R21s, 16 2868 02:00:17,730 --> 02:00:20,899 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 2869 02:00:20,899 --> 02:00:22,801 LAST CAREER 2024 AWARDED 63 NEW 2870 02:00:22,801 --> 02:00:27,506 R21s, 10 TO THE PARENT, 30 2871 02:00:27,506 --> 02:00:29,308 TRAILBLAZERS, ALL NEW 2872 02:00:29,308 --> 02:00:30,943 INVESTIGATORS. 2873 02:00:30,943 --> 02:00:33,479 18% OF R21 AWARDS OR ESIs 2874 02:00:33,479 --> 02:00:36,015 BEFORE WE STARTED THE 2875 02:00:36,015 --> 02:00:37,983 TRAILBLAZER, NOW 63% OF OUR 2876 02:00:37,983 --> 02:00:39,084 AWARDS ARE THE YOUNG 2877 02:00:39,084 --> 02:00:41,353 INVESTIGATOR WHICH MEANS WE'VE 2878 02:00:41,353 --> 02:00:46,291 HAD 26% DECREASE IN NUMBER OF R 2879 02:00:46,291 --> 02:00:48,060 21 AWARDS, 150% INCREASE IN 2880 02:00:48,060 --> 02:00:51,663 NUMBER OF FUNDED EARLY STAGE AND 2881 02:00:51,663 --> 02:00:52,097 NEW INVESTIGATORS. 2882 02:00:52,097 --> 02:00:55,934 DOES SEEM WE'RE ABLE TO 2883 02:00:55,934 --> 02:00:57,803 ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL PROTECTING 2884 02:00:57,803 --> 02:01:00,506 NIBIB PAYLINE, REDUCE NUMBER OF 2885 02:01:00,506 --> 02:01:01,573 R21 AWARDS, AND WASN'T AT THE 2886 02:01:01,573 --> 02:01:03,909 COST OF THE NEW INVESTIGATORS, 2887 02:01:03,909 --> 02:01:08,380 WE DID THE OPPOSITE, HELPED MORE 2888 02:01:08,380 --> 02:01:13,185 NEW INVESTIGATORS WITHOUT -- 2889 02:01:13,185 --> 02:01:14,520 WHILE REDUCING R21 AWARDS, THE 2890 02:01:14,520 --> 02:01:18,857 TRAILBLAZER WAS A HUGE FACTOR 2891 02:01:18,857 --> 02:01:20,759 BUT WASN'T FREE. 2892 02:01:20,759 --> 02:01:23,362 ISSUING A NEW R21 MECHANISM THAT 2893 02:01:23,362 --> 02:01:25,564 ONLY WE PARTOOK IN DID COME AT 2894 02:01:25,564 --> 02:01:26,665 SOME COST. 2895 02:01:26,665 --> 02:01:28,033 A LOT WAS GETTING THIS NEW 2896 02:01:28,033 --> 02:01:30,469 MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT 2897 02:01:30,469 --> 02:01:32,137 JUST COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF 2898 02:01:32,137 --> 02:01:33,772 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BUT ALSO 2899 02:01:33,772 --> 02:01:35,941 PROGRAM COMMUNITY, NIH, REVIEW 2900 02:01:35,941 --> 02:01:39,344 COMMUNITY AT NIH. 2901 02:01:39,344 --> 02:01:41,747 WE HAD TO GET IT ACROSS WE 2902 02:01:41,747 --> 02:01:46,685 WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE 2903 02:01:46,685 --> 02:01:47,653 ORIGINAL R21, NOVEL 2904 02:01:47,653 --> 02:01:49,888 NON-INCREMENTAL TYPE OF 2905 02:01:49,888 --> 02:01:51,657 PROJECTOR, WORKING INSIDE NIH 2906 02:01:51,657 --> 02:01:54,793 AND OUT HELPING EVERYONE 2907 02:01:54,793 --> 02:01:56,428 UNDERSTAND TERMS WE'RE USING 2908 02:01:56,428 --> 02:02:01,567 LIKE ESTABLISHED VERSUS NEW 2909 02:02:01,567 --> 02:02:03,001 VERSUS EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATOR 2910 02:02:03,001 --> 02:02:06,038 THAT HAS NOT SIGNIFICANT FUNDING 2911 02:02:06,038 --> 02:02:07,506 BEFORE, AND TEN YEARS OF 2912 02:02:07,506 --> 02:02:08,340 TERMINATION DEGREE. 2913 02:02:08,340 --> 02:02:10,642 A NEW IS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T HAD 2914 02:02:10,642 --> 02:02:12,277 SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH FUNDING 2915 02:02:12,277 --> 02:02:13,479 BEFORE, NO TERMINATION DEGREE 2916 02:02:13,479 --> 02:02:15,681 CRITERIA PUT UPON THEM. 2917 02:02:15,681 --> 02:02:17,316 AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS 2918 02:02:17,316 --> 02:02:19,618 ONLY ONE OF TWO MECHANISMS THAT 2919 02:02:19,618 --> 02:02:21,053 USE THE DISTINCTION OF NEW 2920 02:02:21,053 --> 02:02:22,821 INVESTIGATOR SO WE HAD TO SPENDS 2921 02:02:22,821 --> 02:02:24,656 TIME EXPLAINING WHAT WE WANTED, 2922 02:02:24,656 --> 02:02:26,792 WHAT THE POINT WAS. 2923 02:02:26,792 --> 02:02:29,128 R21 WE LIMIT PRELIMINARY DATA. 2924 02:02:29,128 --> 02:02:32,397 ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES WAS 2925 02:02:32,397 --> 02:02:34,233 DEFINE PRELIMINARY DATA, THE 2926 02:02:34,233 --> 02:02:35,033 MOST BINARY DEFINITION WAS 2927 02:02:35,033 --> 02:02:37,970 SIMPLY DATA THAT HAS NOT BEEN 2928 02:02:37,970 --> 02:02:38,237 PUBLISHED. 2929 02:02:38,237 --> 02:02:40,672 WE HAD TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO 2930 02:02:40,672 --> 02:02:42,574 REVIEW, WORK WITH SROs TO 2931 02:02:42,574 --> 02:02:45,110 UNDERSTAND THE NEW MECHANISM. 2932 02:02:45,110 --> 02:02:47,179 AT FIRST TRAILBLAZERS WERE 2933 02:02:47,179 --> 02:02:48,013 ASSIGNED SPECIAL REVIEW 2934 02:02:48,013 --> 02:02:53,619 SECTIONS, SO WASN'T AS HUGE OF 2935 02:02:53,619 --> 02:02:56,221 AN ISSUE BUT NOW WE HAD TO MAKE 2936 02:02:56,221 --> 02:02:57,222 SURE EVERY SRO UNDERSTAND 2937 02:02:57,222 --> 02:02:58,624 TRAILBLAZER AND WHAT WE WANT AND 2938 02:02:58,624 --> 02:02:59,391 WHAT'S EXPECTED. 2939 02:02:59,391 --> 02:03:01,360 WE HAD TO HOLD THE TRAILBLAZERS 2940 02:03:01,360 --> 02:03:04,029 TO THE SAME REVIEW STANDARD AS 2941 02:03:04,029 --> 02:03:05,764 REGULAR R21s, THOSE ARE NOT 2942 02:03:05,764 --> 02:03:09,568 R21-LIKE BECAUSE THEY ARE 2943 02:03:09,568 --> 02:03:11,136 LIMITED TO NEW INVESTIGATORS. 2944 02:03:11,136 --> 02:03:12,738 PRELIMINARY DATA WHILE NOT 2945 02:03:12,738 --> 02:03:14,740 EXPECTED IT IS ALLOWED. 2946 02:03:14,740 --> 02:03:16,942 HALF A PAGE, INCLUDING ONE 2947 02:03:16,942 --> 02:03:17,442 FIGURE. 2948 02:03:17,442 --> 02:03:18,877 THAT'S AN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, 2949 02:03:18,877 --> 02:03:19,645 WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS 2950 02:03:19,645 --> 02:03:21,914 APPLICATION, THAT HAS TO BE 2951 02:03:21,914 --> 02:03:22,181 ASSESSED. 2952 02:03:22,181 --> 02:03:24,016 IT IS ASSESSED BY PROGRAM BEFORE 2953 02:03:24,016 --> 02:03:25,517 IT GOES TO REVIEW. 2954 02:03:25,517 --> 02:03:26,985 WE WERE WORRIED AT FIRST THIS 2955 02:03:26,985 --> 02:03:29,388 WOULD BE ONEROUS TO OUR STAFF 2956 02:03:29,388 --> 02:03:33,325 AND BE A LOT OF WORK, BUT OUR 2957 02:03:33,325 --> 02:03:36,495 STAFF QUICKLY LEARNED HOW TO 2958 02:03:36,495 --> 02:03:37,829 REVIEW APPLICATIONS, PRESENCE OF 2959 02:03:37,829 --> 02:03:39,131 PRELIMINARY DATA, MORE 2960 02:03:39,131 --> 02:03:39,865 INDICATION OF SKILL AND 2961 02:03:39,865 --> 02:03:42,568 DEDICATION OF PROGRAM STAFF THAN 2962 02:03:42,568 --> 02:03:43,802 ANYTHING ELSE BUT ALSO WORRIED 2963 02:03:43,802 --> 02:03:45,437 ABOUT DELAYS GETTING TO REVIEW, 2964 02:03:45,437 --> 02:03:48,073 THAT HAS NOT PROVED TO BE AN 2965 02:03:48,073 --> 02:03:48,273 ISSUE. 2966 02:03:48,273 --> 02:03:50,142 WHAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IS NUMBER 2967 02:03:50,142 --> 02:03:51,210 OF WITHDRAWALS. 2968 02:03:51,210 --> 02:03:54,046 TRAILBLAZER DOES INCREASE NUMBER 2969 02:03:54,046 --> 02:03:55,514 OF WITHDRAWALS AT NIBIB, 2970 02:03:55,514 --> 02:03:56,248 TRAILBLAZER MECHANISM ESPECIALLY 2971 02:03:56,248 --> 02:03:57,583 WITH BEING THE OWN ONE ON IT AT 2972 02:03:57,583 --> 02:04:00,852 THIS POINT IN TIME WE CANNOT 2973 02:04:00,852 --> 02:04:02,621 TRANSFER A GRANT TO ANOTHER 2974 02:04:02,621 --> 02:04:05,123 INSTITUTE IF IT'S NOT A MISSION 2975 02:04:05,123 --> 02:04:07,326 FIT FOR NIBIB, BECAUSE COMPARED 2976 02:04:07,326 --> 02:04:08,994 TO THE PARENT R21S THEY ARE 2977 02:04:08,994 --> 02:04:11,129 ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, MORE 2978 02:04:11,129 --> 02:04:14,399 TIME, DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE ELSE. 2979 02:04:14,399 --> 02:04:16,101 WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO 2980 02:04:16,101 --> 02:04:17,135 PROGRAM OFFICIALS BEFORE THEY 2981 02:04:17,135 --> 02:04:18,537 APPLY WE CAN HELP KEEP THE 2982 02:04:18,537 --> 02:04:22,641 NUMBER OF WITHDRAWALS DOWN TO A 2983 02:04:22,641 --> 02:04:23,141 MINIMUM. 2984 02:04:23,141 --> 02:04:25,944 NOW NIBIB THIS ISN'T THE ONLY 2985 02:04:25,944 --> 02:04:27,846 MECHANISM WHERE WE HELP YOUNG 2986 02:04:27,846 --> 02:04:28,213 INVESTIGATOR. 2987 02:04:28,213 --> 02:04:29,314 WE HELP WITH THE PARENT. 2988 02:04:29,314 --> 02:04:31,049 LAST YEAR BOTTOM LINE WERE ABLE 2989 02:04:31,049 --> 02:04:33,685 TO GET A NEW INVESTIGATOR FIVE 2990 02:04:33,685 --> 02:04:34,786 POINT PAYLINE BUMP, FIVE 2991 02:04:34,786 --> 02:04:37,489 PERCENTAGE POINT PAY LINE BUMP, 2992 02:04:37,489 --> 02:04:39,558 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATOR 13% 2993 02:04:39,558 --> 02:04:41,426 HIGHER PAYLINE. 2994 02:04:41,426 --> 02:04:45,497 WE ALSO DID PARTICIPATE IN THE 2995 02:04:45,497 --> 02:04:55,674 CAT MECHANISM THAT DIDN'T 2996 02:04:55,674 --> 02:04:57,109 -- NOT 2997 02:04:57,109 --> 02:04:58,810 CURRENTLY. 2998 02:04:58,810 --> 02:05:03,982 WHEN WE STARTED IT WAS A NIBIB 2999 02:05:03,982 --> 02:05:06,551 R21 MECHANISM. 3000 02:05:06,551 --> 02:05:08,353 AGING JOINED US QUICKLY, 3001 02:05:08,353 --> 02:05:09,821 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE JOINED 3002 02:05:09,821 --> 02:05:13,225 THEREAFTER, AND SINCE WE ISSUED 3003 02:05:13,225 --> 02:05:15,294 IN 2025 IT'S BEEN THESE THREE 3004 02:05:15,294 --> 02:05:19,731 I.C.s ON IT, QUICKLY GROWING, 3005 02:05:19,731 --> 02:05:21,600 WITH THE REISSUANCE NCI, 3006 02:05:21,600 --> 02:05:22,401 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 3007 02:05:22,401 --> 02:05:24,936 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 3008 02:05:24,936 --> 02:05:29,207 HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, NATIONL 3009 02:05:29,207 --> 02:05:31,643 CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HELP WILL 3010 02:05:31,643 --> 02:05:31,910 JOIN US. 3011 02:05:31,910 --> 02:05:34,546 LAST RECEIPT DATE IS NOVEMBER OF 3012 02:05:34,546 --> 02:05:36,181 THIS YEAR. 3013 02:05:36,181 --> 02:05:38,583 SO WE ISSUE FOR JANUARY 2026 3014 02:05:38,583 --> 02:05:40,085 RECEIPT DATE, OTHER THAN THAT 3015 02:05:40,085 --> 02:05:41,853 NOTHING, WE DON'T FIND ANY OTHER 3016 02:05:41,853 --> 02:05:42,854 CHANGES TO THE MECHANISM, IT 3017 02:05:42,854 --> 02:05:46,258 WILL STILL BE AN R21, LIMITED TO 3018 02:05:46,258 --> 02:05:47,993 NEW INVESTIGATOR, STILL LOOKING 3019 02:05:47,993 --> 02:05:49,861 FOR THE PROJECT THAT DIFFERS 3020 02:05:49,861 --> 02:05:52,864 FROM CURRENT THINKING, THAT CAN 3021 02:05:52,864 --> 02:05:53,965 BE TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN, 3022 02:05:53,965 --> 02:05:55,300 DISCOVERY, HYPOTHESIS DRIVEN. 3023 02:05:55,300 --> 02:05:59,104 PRELIMINARY DATA IS STILL NOT 3024 02:05:59,104 --> 02:06:01,006 REQUIRED, EXPECTED, ENCOURAGED, 3025 02:06:01,006 --> 02:06:03,709 BUT ALLOWED, CAN INCLUDE ONE 3026 02:06:03,709 --> 02:06:05,477 FIGURE, ONE PAGE, $400,000 3027 02:06:05,477 --> 02:06:06,912 DIRECT COST, THREE YEARS. 3028 02:06:06,912 --> 02:06:09,648 THAT'S A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR 3029 02:06:09,648 --> 02:06:13,852 TRAILBLAZER AND CURRENT PLANS 3030 02:06:13,852 --> 02:06:19,658 FOR CONTINUATION, SO INVITE 3031 02:06:19,658 --> 02:06:20,826 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 3032 02:06:20,826 --> 02:06:21,727 >> THANKS, RANDY. 3033 02:06:21,727 --> 02:06:32,270 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RANDY? 3034 02:06:44,716 --> 02:06:47,219 BRUCE? 3035 02:06:47,219 --> 02:06:50,555 >> I LOVE THE TRAILBLAZER. 3036 02:06:50,555 --> 02:06:52,057 >> YEAH, WE THINK IT'S REALLY 3037 02:06:52,057 --> 02:06:54,893 MEETING THE IMPORTANT NEED, 3038 02:06:54,893 --> 02:06:57,095 OBVIOUSLY, THE DATA ARE SHOWING 3039 02:06:57,095 --> 02:06:59,431 THAT QUITE CLEARLY. 3040 02:06:59,431 --> 02:07:04,970 SO, RANDY, YOU SORT OF -- DID 3041 02:07:04,970 --> 02:07:06,371 YOU MENTION THE KATZ AWARD? 3042 02:07:06,371 --> 02:07:08,673 IS THAT GOING TO COME BACK? 3043 02:07:08,673 --> 02:07:10,308 MAYBE YOU COULD HELP PEOPLE SEE 3044 02:07:10,308 --> 02:07:15,213 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO 3045 02:07:15,213 --> 02:07:18,450 AND MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT 3046 02:07:18,450 --> 02:07:19,651 THAT. 3047 02:07:19,651 --> 02:07:22,587 >> THE KATZ AWARD WAS TERMINATED 3048 02:07:22,587 --> 02:07:27,092 BASED ON NEW REVIEW CRITERIA, IT 3049 02:07:27,092 --> 02:07:29,060 IS IN THE WORKS, HAS NOT HIT THE 3050 02:07:29,060 --> 02:07:31,696 STRAIGHT, NOT PUBLIC, NOT OUT 3051 02:07:31,696 --> 02:07:31,863 YET. 3052 02:07:31,863 --> 02:07:34,433 WE HAVE HOPES IT WILL REEMERGE. 3053 02:07:34,433 --> 02:07:40,205 IT IS FOR THE EARLY STAGE 3054 02:07:40,205 --> 02:07:41,306 INVESTIGATOR, AN R01 MECHANISM, 3055 02:07:41,306 --> 02:07:49,080 AND NO PRELIMINARY DATA IS 3056 02:07:49,080 --> 02:07:50,182 ALLOWED, A NEW RESEARCH AREA 3057 02:07:50,182 --> 02:07:52,050 THAT HAS TO BE STATED WHY THIS 3058 02:07:52,050 --> 02:07:54,119 WORK IS A NEW DIRECTION FOR 3059 02:07:54,119 --> 02:07:55,353 THEM. 3060 02:07:55,353 --> 02:07:56,555 PRELIMINARY DATA IS ELIGIBILITY 3061 02:07:56,555 --> 02:08:03,662 CRITERIA, REVIEWED BEFORE 3062 02:08:03,662 --> 02:08:04,763 REVIEW. 3063 02:08:04,763 --> 02:08:07,265 THE P.I. NEEDS TO SAY WHY IT'S A 3064 02:08:07,265 --> 02:08:08,133 NEW DIRECTION AND CONVINCE THE 3065 02:08:08,133 --> 02:08:09,267 REVIEW PANEL. 3066 02:08:09,267 --> 02:08:14,072 WE HOPE IT WILL COME BACK. 3067 02:08:14,072 --> 02:08:15,907 >> FOR NOW, THIS MOVES FORWARD, 3068 02:08:15,907 --> 02:08:18,109 THIS IS AS IT STARTED WAS REALLY 3069 02:08:18,109 --> 02:08:20,946 THE ONLY MECHANISM AT THE NIH 3070 02:08:20,946 --> 02:08:23,648 THAT HAD THIS KIND OF UNIQUENESS 3071 02:08:23,648 --> 02:08:24,950 FOR EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS, 3072 02:08:24,950 --> 02:08:26,551 AND ALSO THE RECOGNITION THAT 3073 02:08:26,551 --> 02:08:29,187 VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR R21s 3074 02:08:29,187 --> 02:08:32,491 ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, THE 3075 02:08:32,491 --> 02:08:33,558 TWO-YEAR R21s WANTED A ONE 3076 02:08:33,558 --> 02:08:35,894 YEAR NO COST TIME EXTENSION SO 3077 02:08:35,894 --> 02:08:40,165 KIND OF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT 3078 02:08:40,165 --> 02:08:42,100 THERE'S INTRINSIC TIME BLOC OF 3079 02:08:42,100 --> 02:08:43,001 THREE YEARS. 3080 02:08:43,001 --> 02:08:46,137 SO IT JUST SEEMED QUITE 3081 02:08:46,137 --> 02:08:46,438 APPROPRIATE. 3082 02:08:46,438 --> 02:08:47,005 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3083 02:08:47,005 --> 02:08:49,875 KATZ MECHANISM TOO BORROWED FROM 3084 02:08:49,875 --> 02:08:50,775 OUR TRAILBLAZER, SUCCESS OF OUR 3085 02:08:50,775 --> 02:08:55,146 TRAILBLAZER REALLY HELPED TO 3086 02:08:55,146 --> 02:08:56,314 BUILD THE KATZ. 3087 02:08:56,314 --> 02:08:59,784 >> I'M INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, 3088 02:08:59,784 --> 02:09:05,023 COUNCIL MEMBERS' THOUGHTS ON WE 3089 02:09:05,023 --> 02:09:09,628 WERE ALSO HOPING THAT THE 3090 02:09:09,628 --> 02:09:10,462 TRADITIONAL PRESTIGE, TENURE 3091 02:09:10,462 --> 02:09:12,764 PROMOTION MEASUREMENT POINT HAS 3092 02:09:12,764 --> 02:09:15,634 BEEN AN R01, WE WERE KIND OF 3093 02:09:15,634 --> 02:09:18,937 HOPING THAT THE R21 TRAILBLAZER 3094 02:09:18,937 --> 02:09:21,840 WITH BOTH THE NAME AS WELL AS 3095 02:09:21,840 --> 02:09:24,509 THE THREE-YEAR DURATION, A 3096 02:09:24,509 --> 02:09:27,112 LITTLE MORE MONEY, WOULD BEGIN 3097 02:09:27,112 --> 02:09:28,813 TO EMERGE AND TENURE AND 3098 02:09:28,813 --> 02:09:30,849 PROMOTIONS DISCUSSIONS AS AT 3099 02:09:30,849 --> 02:09:32,751 LEAST HIGH LEVEL, HIGH VALUE 3100 02:09:32,751 --> 02:09:38,323 CURRENCY, HIGHER THAN A TWO-YEAR 3101 02:09:38,323 --> 02:09:38,657 R21 LET'S SAY. 3102 02:09:38,657 --> 02:09:45,730 SO HAVE YOU SEEN TRENDS IN THAT 3103 02:09:45,730 --> 02:09:52,103 DIRECTION OR IS IT NEUTRAL? 3104 02:09:52,103 --> 02:09:53,838 >> YEAH, I GUESS I'D SAY WHAT 3105 02:09:53,838 --> 02:09:56,775 I'VE SEEN AS A TREND TOWARDS 3106 02:09:56,775 --> 02:09:58,710 INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW, MORE 3107 02:09:58,710 --> 02:10:03,748 AND MORE FORMS OF FUNDING, AND I 3108 02:10:03,748 --> 02:10:05,250 THINK THE TRAILBLAZER WITH A 3109 02:10:05,250 --> 02:10:08,386 LONGER TERM AND SORT OF, YOU 3110 02:10:08,386 --> 02:10:09,854 KNOW, CATCHY TITLE COUNTS IN 3111 02:10:09,854 --> 02:10:10,956 THAT CATEGORY. 3112 02:10:10,956 --> 02:10:14,426 I THINK THERE WAS SORT OF A 3113 02:10:14,426 --> 02:10:15,393 SINGULAR ATTENTION ON R01s FOR 3114 02:10:15,393 --> 02:10:18,830 A NUMBER OF PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE 3115 02:10:18,830 --> 02:10:21,232 YEARS. 3116 02:10:21,232 --> 02:10:23,435 AT LEAST AT OUR INSTITUTION I 3117 02:10:23,435 --> 02:10:24,970 THINK THAT'S STARTING TO SHIFT, 3118 02:10:24,970 --> 02:10:28,573 AND I CAN ONLY ANTICIPATE THAT 3119 02:10:28,573 --> 02:10:31,409 THAT WILL SHIFT STILL FURTHER IN 3120 02:10:31,409 --> 02:10:33,612 TIMES TO COME. 3121 02:10:33,612 --> 02:10:35,914 SO I THINK GIVING YOUNG 3122 02:10:35,914 --> 02:10:38,083 INVESTIGATORS A CHANCE LIKE THIS 3123 02:10:38,083 --> 02:10:47,258 IS AND CONTINUES MORE TO BE AN 3124 02:10:47,258 --> 02:10:48,727 IMPORTANT THING. 3125 02:10:48,727 --> 02:10:49,794 >> THANKS, DO YOU HAVE A 3126 02:10:49,794 --> 02:10:50,428 QUESTION? 3127 02:10:50,428 --> 02:10:54,265 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME 3128 02:10:54,265 --> 02:10:58,169 THINK, MOVING AWAY FROM THE R01, 3129 02:10:58,169 --> 02:10:59,437 MORE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE 3130 02:10:59,437 --> 02:11:06,277 DURATION AND SCOPE OF THE 3131 02:11:06,277 --> 02:11:08,246 PROJECT. 3132 02:11:08,246 --> 02:11:08,780 >> WILBUR? 3133 02:11:08,780 --> 02:11:10,348 >> I AGREE. 3134 02:11:10,348 --> 02:11:11,282 ONE ADDITIONAL THING, THERE'S A 3135 02:11:11,282 --> 02:11:13,818 LOT OF BENEFIT THAT OTHER 3136 02:11:13,818 --> 02:11:15,220 I.C.s ARE JOINING IN ON THE 3137 02:11:15,220 --> 02:11:17,856 TRAILBLAZER BECAUSE THAT MAKES 3138 02:11:17,856 --> 02:11:19,991 YOUR BRAND THAT MUCH BETTER 3139 02:11:19,991 --> 02:11:21,059 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERY P.I. 3140 02:11:21,059 --> 02:11:23,361 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NIBIB 3141 02:11:23,361 --> 02:11:23,995 ONE. 3142 02:11:23,995 --> 02:11:27,399 BUT THIS WAY, THE MORE I.C.S ARE 3143 02:11:27,399 --> 02:11:29,467 JOINING IN AND IF THEY ARE 3144 02:11:29,467 --> 02:11:30,368 REISSUING THAT'S A GREAT THING, 3145 02:11:30,368 --> 02:11:32,303 IF YOU KNOW THEY ARE DOING THAT 3146 02:11:32,303 --> 02:11:36,474 BECAUSE IT MAKES FOR MORE BRANDS 3147 02:11:36,474 --> 02:11:37,075 AWARENESS. 3148 02:11:37,075 --> 02:11:38,410 >> AND GIVEN THE CLIMATE, HOW 3149 02:11:38,410 --> 02:11:39,277 IT'S CHANGING, WE STILL HAVE 3150 02:11:39,277 --> 02:11:40,845 TIME BEFORE THIS HAS TO GET OUT 3151 02:11:40,845 --> 02:11:41,880 I WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH 3152 02:11:41,880 --> 02:11:44,149 OTHER I.C.s TO GET MORE SIGNED 3153 02:11:44,149 --> 02:11:52,157 ON AS WELL, THAT'S ONE OF OUR 3154 02:11:52,157 --> 02:11:52,357 GOALS. 3155 02:11:52,357 --> 02:11:54,426 >> I WONDER, JUST IN ADDITION IF 3156 02:11:54,426 --> 02:11:55,927 THERE MIGHT BE SOME WAY, MAYBE 3157 02:11:55,927 --> 02:11:58,363 YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THIS, TO 3158 02:11:58,363 --> 02:11:59,197 REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE 3159 02:11:59,197 --> 02:12:00,565 TRAILBLAZERS IN SOME FORUM? 3160 02:12:00,565 --> 02:12:03,635 BECAUSE I THINK THEN THAT WILL 3161 02:12:03,635 --> 02:12:06,871 ELEVATE THE STATURE AND MAKE IT 3162 02:12:06,871 --> 02:12:10,275 SEEM LIKE A NEW INNOVATOR AWARD 3163 02:12:10,275 --> 02:12:19,150 BUT JUST IN A DIFFERENT SCALE. 3164 02:12:19,150 --> 02:12:20,418 >> A QUICK FOLLOW-ON, REMINDS ME 3165 02:12:20,418 --> 02:12:22,554 WATCHING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE 3166 02:12:22,554 --> 02:12:23,988 NSF CAREER AWARD OVER TIME, WENT 3167 02:12:23,988 --> 02:12:26,491 FROM BEING JUST A THING TO 3168 02:12:26,491 --> 02:12:28,693 SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY 3169 02:12:28,693 --> 02:12:30,228 RECOGNIZED AS HIGHLY 3170 02:12:30,228 --> 02:12:30,528 PRESTIGIOUS. 3171 02:12:30,528 --> 02:12:33,631 TRAILBLAZER CERTAINLY HAS THE 3172 02:12:33,631 --> 02:12:37,035 SAME LINGUISTIC FEEL, YOU KNOW, 3173 02:12:37,035 --> 02:12:39,070 AND SO ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTING 3174 02:12:39,070 --> 02:12:48,913 THAT, I AGREE CAN ONLY HELP. 3175 02:12:48,913 --> 02:12:52,784 >> YEAH I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT 3176 02:12:52,784 --> 02:12:53,118 DAN SAID. 3177 02:12:53,118 --> 02:12:55,653 WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT WE'VE 3178 02:12:55,653 --> 02:12:57,689 HIGHLIGHTED THE TRAILBLAZER TO 3179 02:12:57,689 --> 02:12:59,190 BE SOMEWHAT OF EQUIVALENT OF THE 3180 02:12:59,190 --> 02:13:01,659 CAREER AWARD BECAUSE SO MANY OF 3181 02:13:01,659 --> 02:13:03,695 OUR FACULTY DON'T NECESSARILY 3182 02:13:03,695 --> 02:13:06,598 FALL INTO THE TYPICAL CAREER 3183 02:13:06,598 --> 02:13:07,866 AWARD CATEGORIES, AND SO ARE 3184 02:13:07,866 --> 02:13:09,300 MORE GET ACTIVE FOR THE 3185 02:13:09,300 --> 02:13:09,934 TRAILBLAZER. 3186 02:13:09,934 --> 02:13:11,669 SO I KNOW WE'VE GONE FORWARD TO 3187 02:13:11,669 --> 02:13:13,438 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TO SAY, 3188 02:13:13,438 --> 02:13:17,842 NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE -- 3189 02:13:17,842 --> 02:13:24,449 THEY LOOK FOR CAREER, CERTAINLY 3190 02:13:24,449 --> 02:13:32,390 AND R01 BUT WE'RE PAINTING THIS 3191 02:13:32,390 --> 02:13:34,058 IN THE BIOMEDICAL SPACE, SO THE 3192 02:13:34,058 --> 02:13:36,961 NAME CERTAINLY CARRIES THAT 3193 02:13:36,961 --> 02:13:41,232 WEIGHT. 3194 02:13:41,232 --> 02:13:43,968 IT'S HELPING OUR PROGRAM. 3195 02:13:43,968 --> 02:13:45,503 THANK YOU. 3196 02:13:45,503 --> 02:13:55,847 >> THANKS SO MUCH. 3197 02:13:56,247 --> 02:13:58,850 >> NOT TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, 3198 02:13:58,850 --> 02:14:01,186 IF THE PIPELINE BRINGS IN MORE 3199 02:14:01,186 --> 02:14:02,620 AND MORE NEW INVESTIGATORS, HOW 3200 02:14:02,620 --> 02:14:05,290 ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM ALL 3201 02:14:05,290 --> 02:14:06,024 WHEN THEY HAVE BECOME 3202 02:14:06,024 --> 02:14:06,891 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS? 3203 02:14:06,891 --> 02:14:12,330 I'M LOSING MY VOICE TOO. 3204 02:14:12,330 --> 02:14:13,898 JUST THOUGHTS HOW WE BALANCE 3205 02:14:13,898 --> 02:14:20,104 THAT PIPELINE AS WE GO THROUGH. 3206 02:14:20,104 --> 02:14:21,973 >> A CONTINUING BATTLE DEPENDING 3207 02:14:21,973 --> 02:14:24,409 WHERE THE BUDGETING RESTS NEXT 3208 02:14:24,409 --> 02:14:24,609 YEAR. 3209 02:14:24,609 --> 02:14:26,911 I'LL THROW THAT TO BRUCE FOR 3210 02:14:26,911 --> 02:14:29,447 FURTHER COMMENT. 3211 02:14:29,447 --> 02:14:33,151 3212 02:14:33,151 --> 02:14:34,485 >> THAT WAS YOUR CUE. 3213 02:14:34,485 --> 02:14:36,187 >> YEAH, THAT WAS YOUR CUE. 3214 02:14:36,187 --> 02:14:43,661 >> HOW COME I GET THE HARD 3215 02:14:43,661 --> 02:14:44,896 QUESTIONS? 3216 02:14:44,896 --> 02:14:47,699 SO, YEAH, FROM ALL THE STATS 3217 02:14:47,699 --> 02:14:50,501 FROM, THE NUMBER ONE CASUALTIES 3218 02:14:50,501 --> 02:14:51,302 ARE THE EARLY-STAGE 3219 02:14:51,302 --> 02:14:53,271 INVESTIGATORS, NOT THAT THE 3220 02:14:53,271 --> 02:14:55,473 MIDDLE STAGE IS ALSO VULNERABLE, 3221 02:14:55,473 --> 02:14:56,341 I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY VULNERABLE, 3222 02:14:56,341 --> 02:14:59,344 BUT KIND OF THE BIGGEST IMPACT 3223 02:14:59,344 --> 02:15:01,713 IN DROPOUT THAT THE DATA, YOU 3224 02:15:01,713 --> 02:15:03,248 KNOW, MIGHT -- WHILE WE DID A 3225 02:15:03,248 --> 02:15:04,549 WONDERFUL JOB PRESENTING OVER 3226 02:15:04,549 --> 02:15:06,684 THE YEARS, SO I THINK THIS WAS 3227 02:15:06,684 --> 02:15:09,721 IN PART IN RESPONSE TO THE 3228 02:15:09,721 --> 02:15:13,324 PAYLINE DROPPING DOWN TO 8th 3229 02:15:13,324 --> 02:15:15,460 PERCENTILE WHICH COULD GO TO 3230 02:15:15,460 --> 02:15:17,395 AGAIN WITH OTHER BUDGETARY 3231 02:15:17,395 --> 02:15:19,597 MACHINATIONS THAT COULD BE 3232 02:15:19,597 --> 02:15:21,165 COMING SO WE'RE TUNED IN TO ALL 3233 02:15:21,165 --> 02:15:22,433 THESE PROBLEMS AT THE SAME TIME 3234 02:15:22,433 --> 02:15:24,903 AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 3235 02:15:24,903 --> 02:15:25,203 SUGGESTIONS. 3236 02:15:25,203 --> 02:15:28,106 AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE TO 3237 02:15:28,106 --> 02:15:29,207 HAVE ANOTHER TASK FORCE TO 3238 02:15:29,207 --> 02:15:31,142 ADDRESS IT BUT THE PROBLEM IS 3239 02:15:31,142 --> 02:15:33,611 STILL MOVING RIGHT NOW. 3240 02:15:33,611 --> 02:15:36,781 SO WE HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ON 3241 02:15:36,781 --> 02:15:38,650 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS 3242 02:15:38,650 --> 02:15:38,983 VULNERABILITY. 3243 02:15:38,983 --> 02:15:41,920 TO CHRISTINE'S POINT ABOUT THE 3244 02:15:41,920 --> 02:15:47,659 VALUE OF PROMOTING, WE ARE 3245 02:15:47,659 --> 02:15:48,393 NATURALLY INTERCONVERTIBLE BEEN 3246 02:15:48,393 --> 02:15:49,527 ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE 3247 02:15:49,527 --> 02:15:50,728 CULTURES, BUT THERE ARE SCHOOLS 3248 02:15:50,728 --> 02:15:52,997 OF ENGINEERING AND SCHOOLS OF 3249 02:15:52,997 --> 02:15:54,632 MEDICINE WITH DIFFERENT CULTURAL 3250 02:15:54,632 --> 02:15:56,734 VALUATION AND APPROACHES TO 3251 02:15:56,734 --> 02:15:58,503 THESE NAMES AND AWARDS, AND, YOU 3252 02:15:58,503 --> 02:16:02,106 KNOW, LIKE IN MEDICINE IT'S A 3253 02:16:02,106 --> 02:16:04,509 BIGGER LEAP TO PLACE HIGHER 3254 02:16:04,509 --> 02:16:08,379 VALUE ON R21, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 3255 02:16:08,379 --> 02:16:08,680 TRAILBLAZER. 3256 02:16:08,680 --> 02:16:11,649 AS OPPOSED TO R01, IT'S LIKE 3257 02:16:11,649 --> 02:16:13,051 SOMEHOW TRULY BUILT INTO 3258 02:16:13,051 --> 02:16:15,353 CONSCIOUSNESS SO WE HAVE TO WORK 3259 02:16:15,353 --> 02:16:16,220 TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND SO 3260 02:16:16,220 --> 02:16:18,623 FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE KIND OF 3261 02:16:18,623 --> 02:16:21,092 PUTTING EFFORTS TOGETHER TO DRAW 3262 02:16:21,092 --> 02:16:25,496 ATTENTION TO IT, WORK WITH US, 3263 02:16:25,496 --> 02:16:26,597 HELP KIND OF REINFORCE THIS 3264 02:16:26,597 --> 02:16:29,667 MESSAGE BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A 3265 02:16:29,667 --> 02:16:31,569 WONDERFUL IDEA TO PROMOTE THIS. 3266 02:16:31,569 --> 02:16:33,638 I THINK SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING 3267 02:16:33,638 --> 02:16:35,673 WILL BE MORE WILLING BECAUSE 3268 02:16:35,673 --> 02:16:40,578 THEY TEND TO, YOU KNOW, EXPECT 3269 02:16:40,578 --> 02:16:41,646 LOWER FUNDS EVEN THAT THEY ARE 3270 02:16:41,646 --> 02:16:45,616 MAKING A BIGGER DEAL OVER FROM 3271 02:16:45,616 --> 02:16:47,018 SMALLER GRANTS, WITH PRESTIGE. 3272 02:16:47,018 --> 02:16:48,820 SO THIS IS I THINK A BIG 3273 02:16:48,820 --> 02:16:57,028 OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ADVANCE THE 3274 02:16:57,028 --> 02:16:57,462 ENGINEERING/MEDICINE 3275 02:16:57,462 --> 02:16:58,196 PRIORITIZATION AND WHEN DEANS 3276 02:16:58,196 --> 02:17:01,599 TALK TO THEIR COLLEAGUES IN 3277 02:17:01,599 --> 02:17:03,001 MEDICINE IT'S CONTAGIOUS, DEANS 3278 02:17:03,001 --> 02:17:04,435 OF ENGINEERING CAN HELP CONVINCE 3279 02:17:04,435 --> 02:17:05,603 DEANS OF MEDICINE THIS IS A 3280 02:17:05,603 --> 02:17:06,971 REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND 3281 02:17:06,971 --> 02:17:07,405 IMPACTFUL THING. 3282 02:17:07,405 --> 02:17:09,607 SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BAND 3283 02:17:09,607 --> 02:17:10,408 TOGETHER TO HELP ADVANCE AND 3284 02:17:10,408 --> 02:17:12,010 PROMOTE THIS. 3285 02:17:12,010 --> 02:17:13,511 THIS IS A BRIGHT SPOT. 3286 02:17:13,511 --> 02:17:14,479 WE'RE LOOKING FOR BRIGHT SPOTS. 3287 02:17:14,479 --> 02:17:19,884 THIS IS A BRIGHT SHOT -- SPOT N 3288 02:17:19,884 --> 02:17:21,185 OUR COMMUNITY SO WORK WITH US TO 3289 02:17:21,185 --> 02:17:25,556 GET THIS MESSAGE OUT AND HELP 3290 02:17:25,556 --> 02:17:26,157 PROMOTE. 3291 02:17:26,157 --> 02:17:27,625 CYNTHIA, WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER 3292 02:17:27,625 --> 02:17:28,192 TASK FORCE COMING. 3293 02:17:28,192 --> 02:17:31,262 I DON'T KNOW. 3294 02:17:31,262 --> 02:17:32,397 I ACTUALLY HOPE NOT. 3295 02:17:32,397 --> 02:17:38,836 YOU'VE SEEN THE WHITE HOUSE 3296 02:17:38,836 --> 02:17:39,070 BUDGET. 3297 02:17:39,070 --> 02:17:40,505 >> AND THE LAST WORD. 3298 02:17:40,505 --> 02:17:41,806 >> YEAH, A QUICK QUESTION. 3299 02:17:41,806 --> 02:17:44,509 I MEAN, BASED ON THE FUNDING YOU 3300 02:17:44,509 --> 02:17:45,943 HAD IN 2024 WAS THIS THE RIGHT 3301 02:17:45,943 --> 02:17:48,479 BALANCE YOU THOUGHT BETWEEN THE 3302 02:17:48,479 --> 02:17:49,514 R01s AND OTHER MECHANISMS AND 3303 02:17:49,514 --> 02:17:49,847 TRAILBLAZER? 3304 02:17:49,847 --> 02:17:52,617 I WANT TO GET A FEELING FOR HOW 3305 02:17:52,617 --> 02:17:54,152 YOU FELT THE NUMBERS WORKED, AT 3306 02:17:54,152 --> 02:17:59,290 LICE -- AT LEAST WHEN YOU HAD 3307 02:17:59,290 --> 02:18:01,926 THE MONEY IN 2024. 3308 02:18:01,926 --> 02:18:03,761 THAT MAY CHANGE GOING FORWARD. 3309 02:18:03,761 --> 02:18:05,530 >> A QUESTION FOR ME, RANDY, OR 3310 02:18:05,530 --> 02:18:06,064 DAVE? 3311 02:18:06,064 --> 02:18:07,432 >> FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO 3312 02:18:07,432 --> 02:18:08,132 ANSWER IT. 3313 02:18:08,132 --> 02:18:09,934 BUT, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. 3314 02:18:09,934 --> 02:18:12,170 BRUCE, MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE IT, OR 3315 02:18:12,170 --> 02:18:15,473 WHOEVER MIGHT BE IN THE BEST 3316 02:18:15,473 --> 02:18:16,240 POSITION. 3317 02:18:16,240 --> 02:18:17,108 >> THAT WAS MY RHETORICAL 3318 02:18:17,108 --> 02:18:20,011 QUESTION LOOKING AT DAVE. 3319 02:18:20,011 --> 02:18:21,946 >> WE SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED 3320 02:18:21,946 --> 02:18:24,882 FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR THE 3321 02:18:24,882 --> 02:18:27,085 NUMBER OF AWARDS, R01s AND 3322 02:18:27,085 --> 02:18:33,257 TRAILBLAZERS AND THE PARENTS. 3323 02:18:33,257 --> 02:18:35,493 SO, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT. 3324 02:18:35,493 --> 02:18:37,895 BRUCE MENTIONED HOW WE HAD FEWER 3325 02:18:37,895 --> 02:18:40,765 CUTS THIS YEAR. 3326 02:18:40,765 --> 02:18:43,067 SO BARRING ANY CHANGES STARTING 3327 02:18:43,067 --> 02:18:45,403 TODAY GOING FORWARD, WHICH ARE A 3328 02:18:45,403 --> 02:18:46,604 POSSIBILITY, WE WERE OPERATING 3329 02:18:46,604 --> 02:18:47,972 WITH THE SAME BUDGET AS LAST 3330 02:18:47,972 --> 02:18:50,942 YEAR SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF 3331 02:18:50,942 --> 02:18:54,112 LEVEL OFF THE NUMBER OF R21s 3332 02:18:54,112 --> 02:18:55,880 AND R01s AND KEEP THEM 3333 02:18:55,880 --> 02:18:57,415 BALANCED WITH LAST YEAR. 3334 02:18:57,415 --> 02:19:02,086 AS RANDY POINTED OUT, THE 3335 02:19:02,086 --> 02:19:06,657 TRAILBLAZER WAS CARVED OUT, THE 3336 02:19:06,657 --> 02:19:09,994 PORTFOLIO WAS $20 MILLION 3337 02:19:09,994 --> 02:19:12,630 SUPPORTING 80-SOMETHING 3338 02:19:12,630 --> 02:19:15,733 TRAILBLAZERS, THE R01 IS $200 3339 02:19:15,733 --> 02:19:17,268 MILLION-ISH DOLLARS SUPPORTING 3340 02:19:17,268 --> 02:19:18,769 300-ISH R01s, WE'VE BEEN ABLE 3341 02:19:18,769 --> 02:19:21,172 TO MAINTAIN THOSE NUMBERS IN THE 3342 02:19:21,172 --> 02:19:27,645 FACE OF THE CURRENT CHANGES SO 3343 02:19:27,645 --> 02:19:27,845 FAR. 3344 02:19:27,845 --> 02:19:28,513 >> OKAY. 3345 02:19:28,513 --> 02:19:29,680 SO, HEARING SUPPORT FOR THIS 3346 02:19:29,680 --> 02:19:32,016 PROGRAM WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO 3347 02:19:32,016 --> 02:19:33,885 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT 3348 02:19:33,885 --> 02:19:36,420 AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL STAY ON THE 3349 02:19:36,420 --> 02:19:38,823 STREETS AND WE'LL SEE THIS IN 3350 02:19:38,823 --> 02:19:39,657 THE FUTURE. 3351 02:19:39,657 --> 02:19:40,691 THANK YOU. 3352 02:19:40,691 --> 02:19:45,663 THANK YOU, RANDY. 3353 02:19:45,663 --> 02:19:46,564 >> THANK YOU. 3354 02:19:46,564 --> 02:19:48,132 >> AND OUR LAST ORDER OF 3355 02:19:48,132 --> 02:19:51,636 BUSINESS IN THE OPEN SESSION, 3356 02:19:51,636 --> 02:19:55,773 WE'LL HEAR FROM TODD MERCHAK, 3357 02:19:55,773 --> 02:20:01,179 DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EVALUATION 3358 02:20:01,179 --> 02:20:01,746 AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. 3359 02:20:01,746 --> 02:20:04,015 THIS IS ALSO RESIDUAL FROM 3360 02:20:04,015 --> 02:20:05,383 JANUARY MEETING WHERE TODD IS 3361 02:20:05,383 --> 02:20:08,085 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NIBIB 3362 02:20:08,085 --> 02:20:14,659 RADx PROGRAM YOU'VE HEARD A 3363 02:20:14,659 --> 02:20:17,061 LOT ABOUT, SORT OF NIBIB-LED 3364 02:20:17,061 --> 02:20:19,030 EFFORT CRITICAL TO NIH'S 3365 02:20:19,030 --> 02:20:21,766 RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 3366 02:20:21,766 --> 02:20:22,200 PANDEMIC. 3367 02:20:22,200 --> 02:20:23,968 WE'LL HEAR FROM TODD TODAY, 3368 02:20:23,968 --> 02:20:26,571 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BEHIND THE 3369 02:20:26,571 --> 02:20:29,740 SCENES LOOK AT RADx PLATFORM 3370 02:20:29,740 --> 02:20:30,975 AND DETAILS ON EXECUTION AND 3371 02:20:30,975 --> 02:20:35,346 POSITIONED TO BE ON TECHNOLOGY 3372 02:20:35,346 --> 02:20:38,316 ACCELERATOR PLATFORM IN THE 3373 02:20:38,316 --> 02:20:40,818 FUTURE. 3374 02:20:40,818 --> 02:20:42,119 WE'LL HEAR HOW RADx IS 3375 02:20:42,119 --> 02:20:51,796 POSITIONED, IN A WAY THAT 3376 02:20:51,796 --> 02:20:54,732 AMPLIFIES THE INSTITUTE'S 3377 02:20:54,732 --> 02:20:55,199 IMPACT. 3378 02:20:55,199 --> 02:20:58,102 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 3379 02:20:58,102 --> 02:20:58,302 TODD. 3380 02:20:58,302 --> 02:20:59,437 >> THANK YOU, ANNA. 3381 02:20:59,437 --> 02:21:04,275 APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND 3382 02:21:04,275 --> 02:21:05,042 ATTENTION TODAY. 3383 02:21:05,042 --> 02:21:06,777 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE RADx 3384 02:21:06,777 --> 02:21:08,379 INITIATIVE OVER THE PAST FEW 3385 02:21:08,379 --> 02:21:09,447 YEARS, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 3386 02:21:09,447 --> 02:21:11,249 I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS 3387 02:21:11,249 --> 02:21:13,251 OPPORTUNITY TO DELVE DEEPER INTO 3388 02:21:13,251 --> 02:21:15,052 HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE 3389 02:21:15,052 --> 02:21:16,187 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL 3390 02:21:16,187 --> 02:21:19,257 AS TOUCH ON OUR VISION FOR 3391 02:21:19,257 --> 02:21:20,891 POSITIONING RADx AS 3392 02:21:20,891 --> 02:21:21,659 SUSTAINABLE AND VALUE-DRIVING 3393 02:21:21,659 --> 02:21:23,527 RESOURCE FOR THE FUTURE. 3394 02:21:23,527 --> 02:21:29,367 IN SHORT, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, 3395 02:21:29,367 --> 02:21:30,601 CREATE TECHNOLOGY AND 3396 02:21:30,601 --> 02:21:34,772 ACCELERATION PLATFORM. 3397 02:21:34,772 --> 02:21:38,643 FORGED UNDER THE DURESS OF THE 3398 02:21:38,643 --> 02:21:39,577 NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THE 3399 02:21:39,577 --> 02:21:41,145 PANDEMIC, CAN NEED FOR ACCURATE 3400 02:21:41,145 --> 02:21:42,113 TESTING SEEMED OVERWHELMING AT 3401 02:21:42,113 --> 02:21:42,980 THE START. 3402 02:21:42,980 --> 02:21:44,448 WITH THE VIRUS SPREADING RAPIDLY 3403 02:21:44,448 --> 02:21:47,151 TIME WAS NOT ON OUR SIDE. 3404 02:21:47,151 --> 02:21:49,420 RADx WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO 3405 02:21:49,420 --> 02:21:50,521 HAVE RECEIVED AMPLE FUNDING 3406 02:21:50,521 --> 02:21:52,490 WHICH WE FELT CONFIDENT WOULD 3407 02:21:52,490 --> 02:21:54,825 ALLOW US TO SCALE OUR EFFORT TO 3408 02:21:54,825 --> 02:21:56,861 BRING TESTS TO THE MARKET. 3409 02:21:56,861 --> 02:21:58,562 WHAT WAS UNCLEAR WAS HOW WE WERE 3410 02:21:58,562 --> 02:22:00,731 GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ON SUCH 3411 02:22:00,731 --> 02:22:02,700 AN ACCELERATED TIME SCALE. 3412 02:22:02,700 --> 02:22:04,201 ANYONE THAT HAS WISHED THEY 3413 02:22:04,201 --> 02:22:06,470 COULD SQUEEZE ONE MORE HOUR INTO 3414 02:22:06,470 --> 02:22:07,471 THE DAY KNOWS THE FEELING. 3415 02:22:07,471 --> 02:22:09,340 WHAT THAT I HAD THIS TIME 3416 02:22:09,340 --> 02:22:11,842 PRESSURE ACUTE FOR US WAS THE 3417 02:22:11,842 --> 02:22:13,744 UNDERSTANDING THAT UNDER TYPICAL 3418 02:22:13,744 --> 02:22:14,512 CIRCUMSTANCES DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 3419 02:22:14,512 --> 02:22:16,514 REQUIRED THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF 3420 02:22:16,514 --> 02:22:17,281 DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY 3421 02:22:17,281 --> 02:22:18,649 STUDIES TO REACH THE MARKET. 3422 02:22:18,649 --> 02:22:20,985 AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ACHIEVE 3423 02:22:20,985 --> 02:22:22,286 THE SAME FEAT IN MONTHS. 3424 02:22:22,286 --> 02:22:24,655 SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS OVERVIEW 3425 02:22:24,655 --> 02:22:27,658 SLIDE TODAY AND TAKE NOTE OF THE 3426 02:22:27,658 --> 02:22:29,160 OUTCOME MEASURES WHICH I SHOULD 3427 02:22:29,160 --> 02:22:32,797 ADD EXCEEDED OUR OWN 3428 02:22:32,797 --> 02:22:33,764 EXPECTATIONS BRINGING 8 BILLION 3429 02:22:33,764 --> 02:22:34,899 POINT OF CARE AND OVER THE 3430 02:22:34,899 --> 02:22:38,469 COUNTER TESTS TO THE PUBLIC AND 3431 02:22:38,469 --> 02:22:39,970 SHIFTING THE PARADIGM FROM 3432 02:22:39,970 --> 02:22:41,972 CENTRAL LABS WHILE WE HAD FAITH 3433 02:22:41,972 --> 02:22:44,675 IN THE APPROACH SUCCESS WAS NOT 3434 02:22:44,675 --> 02:22:46,143 PRE-DETERMINED BY ANY MEANS. 3435 02:22:46,143 --> 02:22:48,512 WE ALL UNDERSTOOD FAILURE WAS 3436 02:22:48,512 --> 02:22:50,915 NOT REALLY AN OPTION. 3437 02:22:50,915 --> 02:22:51,582 BUT DRAMATICALLY REDUCING TIME 3438 02:22:51,582 --> 02:22:53,918 TO MARKET FOR THESE TYPES OF 3439 02:22:53,918 --> 02:22:55,086 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES HAD 3440 02:22:55,086 --> 02:22:55,986 NEVER BEEN DONE. 3441 02:22:55,986 --> 02:22:58,055 NOW ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WE 3442 02:22:58,055 --> 02:22:59,657 HAD, WHY NIBIB WAS PARTICULARLY 3443 02:22:59,657 --> 02:23:01,992 POISED TO ATTEMPT SUCH A FEAT 3444 02:23:01,992 --> 02:23:04,195 WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH 3445 02:23:04,195 --> 02:23:08,132 OF THE POINT-OF-CARE TECHNOLOGY 3446 02:23:08,132 --> 02:23:10,634 RESEARCH NETWORK, POCTRN. 3447 02:23:10,634 --> 02:23:12,069 POCTRN LAUNCHED IN 2007, GAINED 3448 02:23:12,069 --> 02:23:16,540 OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN 3449 02:23:16,540 --> 02:23:20,845 THE TREND. 3450 02:23:20,845 --> 02:23:27,418 [ NO AUDIO ] 3451 02:23:27,418 --> 02:23:27,818 >> YOU'RE GOOD. 3452 02:23:27,818 --> 02:23:29,620 I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. 3453 02:23:29,620 --> 02:23:34,258 >> AM I GOOD? 3454 02:23:34,258 --> 02:23:35,960 >> YEAH. 3455 02:23:35,960 --> 02:23:37,027 >> OKAY. 3456 02:23:37,027 --> 02:23:37,895 APOLOGIES. 3457 02:23:37,895 --> 02:23:39,230 SO THESE KEY CAPABILITIES AND 3458 02:23:39,230 --> 02:23:40,731 EXPERTISE THAT WERE DEVELOPED 3459 02:23:40,731 --> 02:23:42,633 OVER TIME ENDED UP BEING 3460 02:23:42,633 --> 02:23:43,968 INVALUABLE TO THIS RAPID 3461 02:23:43,968 --> 02:23:44,935 RESPONSE EFFORT. 3462 02:23:44,935 --> 02:23:50,975 AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE 3463 02:23:50,975 --> 02:23:51,876 POCTRN COORDINATING CENTER, 3464 02:23:51,876 --> 02:23:52,743 CIMIT, COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE 3465 02:23:52,743 --> 02:23:55,079 SHAPED THE DESIGN OF THE 3466 02:23:55,079 --> 02:23:56,514 INNOVATION FUNNEL MODEL, KEEN 3467 02:23:56,514 --> 02:23:58,048 EYE TOWARD MAXIMUM ACCELERATION. 3468 02:23:58,048 --> 02:23:59,083 AND GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS WE 3469 02:23:59,083 --> 02:24:01,419 WERE UNDER THOUGH I THINK IT'S 3470 02:24:01,419 --> 02:24:03,854 WORTH POINTING OUT THE CREATION 3471 02:24:03,854 --> 02:24:05,656 OF THE RADx PROCESS WAS NOT 3472 02:24:05,656 --> 02:24:08,325 INVENTION OF SOMETHING NEW AND 3473 02:24:08,325 --> 02:24:10,060 UNIQUE, RATHER LARGELY AN EFFORT 3474 02:24:10,060 --> 02:24:12,263 TO INTEGRATE BEST PRACTICES FROM 3475 02:24:12,263 --> 02:24:13,798 INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, 3476 02:24:13,798 --> 02:24:16,333 AND REALLY TO LEVERAGE AVAILABLE 3477 02:24:16,333 --> 02:24:18,869 RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL 3478 02:24:18,869 --> 02:24:19,136 NETWORKS. 3479 02:24:19,136 --> 02:24:20,404 POCTRN ALLOWED US TO EXERCISE 3480 02:24:20,404 --> 02:24:23,774 STRENGTHS WE HAD BEEN BUILDING 3481 02:24:23,774 --> 02:24:26,277 AND PIVOT AND AMPLIFY IN A TIME 3482 02:24:26,277 --> 02:24:27,578 OF URGENCY AND NEED. 3483 02:24:27,578 --> 02:24:29,013 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3484 02:24:29,013 --> 02:24:30,848 ANALYZE OUTCOMES AND REFLECT ON 3485 02:24:30,848 --> 02:24:32,783 THE STRUCTURES AND WORKFLOWS 3486 02:24:32,783 --> 02:24:33,951 IMPLEMENTED, WE'VE COME TO 3487 02:24:33,951 --> 02:24:35,052 BETTER UNDERSTAND KEY FEATURES 3488 02:24:35,052 --> 02:24:37,922 OF THE RADx MODEL THAT 3489 02:24:37,922 --> 02:24:42,059 CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCELERATED 3490 02:24:42,059 --> 02:24:43,494 PACE WE ACHIEVED. 3491 02:24:43,494 --> 02:24:45,563 SO MANY COMPONENTS MIGHT BE 3492 02:24:45,563 --> 02:24:47,898 FAMILIAR, USED IN MANY SIMILARLY 3493 02:24:47,898 --> 02:24:48,499 STRUCTURED TRANSLATIONAL 3494 02:24:48,499 --> 02:24:48,933 PROGRAMS. 3495 02:24:48,933 --> 02:24:49,800 HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO WALK 3496 02:24:49,800 --> 02:24:52,470 THROUGH EACH IN A BIT MORE 3497 02:24:52,470 --> 02:24:54,972 DETAIL TO BETTER EXPLAIN HOW AT 3498 02:24:54,972 --> 02:24:58,075 NIBIB WE RECORDED THESE 3499 02:24:58,075 --> 02:24:59,009 ACTIVITIES INTO A MORE 3500 02:24:59,009 --> 02:25:01,212 CUSTOMIZED SERVICES THAT CAN 3501 02:25:01,212 --> 02:25:03,414 SUIT NEEDS OF TECHNOLOGY 3502 02:25:03,414 --> 02:25:04,415 DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. 3503 02:25:04,415 --> 02:25:07,117 AND REALLY AS MENTIONED IN THE 3504 02:25:07,117 --> 02:25:10,955 TITLE OF THIS TALK, TO POSITION 3505 02:25:10,955 --> 02:25:17,328 RADx AS A PLATFORM FOR 3506 02:25:17,328 --> 02:25:20,698 TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE BEYOND THE 3507 02:25:20,698 --> 02:25:20,965 PANDEMIC. 3508 02:25:20,965 --> 02:25:21,632 FLEXIBLE CONTRACTING VEHICLES 3509 02:25:21,632 --> 02:25:23,634 CAN SCALE TO CHANGING AND FUTURE 3510 02:25:23,634 --> 02:25:23,968 REQUIREMENTS. 3511 02:25:23,968 --> 02:25:27,071 AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO 3512 02:25:27,071 --> 02:25:27,938 ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNWAVERING 3513 02:25:27,938 --> 02:25:29,874 SUPPORT FROM OUR COLLEAGUES IN 3514 02:25:29,874 --> 02:25:34,044 NHLBI OFFICE OF ACQUISITION TO 3515 02:25:34,044 --> 02:25:35,446 BRILLIANTLY AND TIRELESSLY WORK 3516 02:25:35,446 --> 02:25:37,648 TO ESTABLISH CORE STRUCTURES 3517 02:25:37,648 --> 02:25:40,985 THAT AFFORD US THIS FLEXIBILITY 3518 02:25:40,985 --> 02:25:42,353 AND CUSTOMIZATION THAT I'LL 3519 02:25:42,353 --> 02:25:44,121 DESCRIBE LATER IN THE 3520 02:25:44,121 --> 02:25:44,555 PRESENTATION. 3521 02:25:44,555 --> 02:25:46,557 SO IN THE RADx PROGRAM THESE 3522 02:25:46,557 --> 02:25:48,392 KEY FEATURES WERE ALL INTEGRATED 3523 02:25:48,392 --> 02:25:50,294 THROUGHOUT THE INNOVATION FUNNEL 3524 02:25:50,294 --> 02:25:54,064 PROCESS TO GENERATE SORT OF A 3525 02:25:54,064 --> 02:25:54,765 COMPOUNDING EFFECT TO ACCELERATE 3526 02:25:54,765 --> 02:25:56,433 THE PACE OF WORK. 3527 02:25:56,433 --> 02:25:58,302 INTENSIVE RISK ASSESSMENT IS A 3528 02:25:58,302 --> 02:26:00,371 BASELINE COMPONENT OF INVESTING 3529 02:26:00,371 --> 02:26:01,772 PLATFORM, RADx LOOKED TO 3530 02:26:01,772 --> 02:26:03,941 INDUSTRY AND VENTURE CAPITAL 3531 02:26:03,941 --> 02:26:04,842 MODELINGS TO CREATE EVALUATION 3532 02:26:04,842 --> 02:26:09,346 FOR SPEED AND FOR ROBUSTNESS. 3533 02:26:09,346 --> 02:26:11,015 THIS IS ENCAPSULATED 3534 02:26:11,015 --> 02:26:13,217 BIOGRAPHICAL WHEEL IN THE SLIDE 3535 02:26:13,217 --> 02:26:15,553 THAT DEPICTS FRAMEWORK CREATED 3536 02:26:15,553 --> 02:26:17,388 BY COLLEAGUES AT CIMIT FOR 3537 02:26:17,388 --> 02:26:19,356 MEASURING ACROSS THE PRODUCT 3538 02:26:19,356 --> 02:26:21,058 LIFE STILLING, TEN MATURITY 3539 02:26:21,058 --> 02:26:31,569 LEVELS ADAPTED FROM TECHNOLOGY 3540 02:26:32,036 --> 02:26:35,039 READINESS LEVELS, FOUR DOMAINS, 3541 02:26:35,039 --> 02:26:36,340 TECHNOLOGY, REGULATORY, MARKET, 3542 02:26:36,340 --> 02:26:37,641 BUSINESS, CLINICAL REPRESENT 3543 02:26:37,641 --> 02:26:38,976 EXECUTION VERTICALS THAT NEED TO 3544 02:26:38,976 --> 02:26:44,014 BE BALANCING TO ENSURE 3545 02:26:44,014 --> 02:26:45,549 COMPREHENSIVE DE-RISKING AND 3546 02:26:45,549 --> 02:26:47,284 MARK THE MILESTONES WITH EACH 3547 02:26:47,284 --> 02:26:49,186 DOMAIN AND LEVEL. 3548 02:26:49,186 --> 02:26:51,388 DETAILS SUNSHINE VISUALIZED 3549 02:26:51,388 --> 02:26:53,324 THROUGH UNDERLYING CHECK LIST 3550 02:26:53,324 --> 02:26:54,858 TEMPLATE, BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF 3551 02:26:54,858 --> 02:26:58,162 EACH MILESTONE, EACH PROJECT 3552 02:26:58,162 --> 02:26:59,129 TEAM COMPLETES THIS CHECKLIST AS 3553 02:26:59,129 --> 02:27:01,999 PART OF THE APPLICATION, A 3554 02:27:01,999 --> 02:27:03,000 BASELINE SELF-ASSESSMENT THAT 3555 02:27:03,000 --> 02:27:05,869 REVIEW TEAM CAN USE THROUGHOUT 3556 02:27:05,869 --> 02:27:13,110 DEEP DIVE PROS PROCESS AND THIS 3557 02:27:13,110 --> 02:27:16,780 BEEN A VITAL TOOL STREAMLINING 3558 02:27:16,780 --> 02:27:18,482 THE FUNNEL. 3559 02:27:18,482 --> 02:27:20,584 APPROACH CAN HELP ACCELERATE 3560 02:27:20,584 --> 02:27:21,452 TIMELINES ON TWO LEVELS, 3561 02:27:21,452 --> 02:27:23,287 PORTFOLIO LEVEL PROVIDES MORE 3562 02:27:23,287 --> 02:27:25,689 DETAILED RISK WEIGHTING THAT 3563 02:27:25,689 --> 02:27:26,657 SUPPORTS FUNDING DECISIONS, WE 3564 02:27:26,657 --> 02:27:28,492 CAN PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WITH 3565 02:27:28,492 --> 02:27:31,195 LOWER RISK PROFILE AND THUS 3566 02:27:31,195 --> 02:27:32,196 HIGHER POTENTIAL TO ACCELERATE. 3567 02:27:32,196 --> 02:27:34,031 AT THE PROJECT LEVEL IDENTIFYING 3568 02:27:34,031 --> 02:27:36,033 MOST HIGH RISK ISSUES UPFRONT 3569 02:27:36,033 --> 02:27:38,702 ALLOWS US TO BUILD MITIGATION 3570 02:27:38,702 --> 02:27:41,438 PLANS THAT DRIVE PROOF OF 3571 02:27:41,438 --> 02:27:46,276 CONCEPT FAST FASTER, WORK PLANS 3572 02:27:46,276 --> 02:27:48,345 ELIMINATE RISK, ADDING VALUE AND 3573 02:27:48,345 --> 02:27:50,280 SUSTAINING MOMENTUM, CRITICAL 3574 02:27:50,280 --> 02:27:52,549 ESPECIALLY IN EARLY STAGE 3575 02:27:52,549 --> 02:27:52,816 COMPANIES. 3576 02:27:52,816 --> 02:27:54,618 AND THIS MAKES PROJECTS MORE 3577 02:27:54,618 --> 02:27:57,154 ATTRACTIVE AND FOLLOW-ON FUNDING 3578 02:27:57,154 --> 02:28:04,895 WHETHER RADx OR PRIVATE 3579 02:28:04,895 --> 02:28:05,462 INVESTMENT. 3580 02:28:05,462 --> 02:28:07,998 ADDED A BENEFIT IS CREATES 3581 02:28:07,998 --> 02:28:08,932 FOUNDATION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL 3582 02:28:08,932 --> 02:28:09,600 EDUCATION, THESE TIMES OF ROAD 3583 02:28:09,600 --> 02:28:13,337 MAPS ARE USED IN TRAINING 3584 02:28:13,337 --> 02:28:15,005 PROGRAMS LIKE I-CORPS, C3i TO 3585 02:28:15,005 --> 02:28:15,806 HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND AND 3586 02:28:15,806 --> 02:28:18,442 VISUALIZE ALL OF THE BARRIERS 3587 02:28:18,442 --> 02:28:19,343 THAT LIE AHEAD. 3588 02:28:19,343 --> 02:28:22,046 REMOVING BLIND SPOTS FROM 3589 02:28:22,046 --> 02:28:22,613 COMMERCIALIZATION PLANNING 3590 02:28:22,613 --> 02:28:23,847 PROCESS CAN MOTIVATE TEAMS TO 3591 02:28:23,847 --> 02:28:26,884 MOVE LESS CAUTIOUSLY AND MORE 3592 02:28:26,884 --> 02:28:27,985 DISEASIVELY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT 3593 02:28:27,985 --> 02:28:29,486 PIPELINE. 3594 02:28:29,486 --> 02:28:32,022 THIS MODEL OF CONTINUAL LEARNING 3595 02:28:32,022 --> 02:28:34,458 SAVES TIME AS PROJECT TEAMS GAIN 3596 02:28:34,458 --> 02:28:39,663 MORE KNOWLEDGE AND CAN SEE AHEAD 3597 02:28:39,663 --> 02:28:43,667 AT ANY GIVEN POINT. 3598 02:28:43,667 --> 02:28:47,438 MEANTORSHIP IS MODELS, 3599 02:28:47,438 --> 02:28:48,539 AMPLIFYING ENTREPRENEURIAL 3600 02:28:48,539 --> 02:28:50,040 ASPECT. 3601 02:28:50,040 --> 02:28:52,342 RADx RELIED ON A COHORT OF 3602 02:28:52,342 --> 02:28:53,310 INDUSTRY VETERANS WITH DECADES 3603 02:28:53,310 --> 02:28:55,212 OF EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE 3604 02:28:55,212 --> 02:28:57,414 SCIENCE AND MED TECH FIELD, 3605 02:28:57,414 --> 02:28:59,450 ASSIGNED TO PROJECT TEAMS AND 3606 02:28:59,450 --> 02:29:01,251 ASSIST IN DEVELOPING MILESTONES, 3607 02:29:01,251 --> 02:29:02,920 TIMELINES, USING RISK ASSESSMENT 3608 02:29:02,920 --> 02:29:05,656 FEEDBACK WHILE ALSO ADDING THEIR 3609 02:29:05,656 --> 02:29:06,490 OWN PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. 3610 02:29:06,490 --> 02:29:09,660 IN PHASE 1 THE PROJECT MANAGERS 3611 02:29:09,660 --> 02:29:10,961 SERVE CRITICAL ROLE PROVIDING 3612 02:29:10,961 --> 02:29:12,963 LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE FOR THE 3613 02:29:12,963 --> 02:29:15,733 PROJECT, BOTH MENTORING TEAMS 3614 02:29:15,733 --> 02:29:17,234 AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 3615 02:29:17,234 --> 02:29:18,368 COMMERCIALIZATION, AS WELL AS 3616 02:29:18,368 --> 02:29:20,504 ENFORCING PROJECT SCHEDULES AND 3617 02:29:20,504 --> 02:29:21,739 TIMELY DELIVERABLES, RUN ROUTINE 3618 02:29:21,739 --> 02:29:24,775 ACCOUNTABILITY CALLS, A STAPLE 3619 02:29:24,775 --> 02:29:27,644 OF THE RADx MODEL, 3620 02:29:27,644 --> 02:29:28,378 INDISPENSABLE MAINTAINING PACE 3621 02:29:28,378 --> 02:29:30,080 OF ACTIVITY. 3622 02:29:30,080 --> 02:29:32,282 YOU CAN THINK OF THESE LIKE 3623 02:29:32,282 --> 02:29:33,984 SHERPA, TRY TO REACH THE 3624 02:29:33,984 --> 02:29:34,651 MOUNTAINTOP WITHOUT THEM BUT 3625 02:29:34,651 --> 02:29:37,588 WITH THE VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE 3626 02:29:37,588 --> 02:29:38,722 LANDSCAPE AND PATHWAYS YOU'LL 3627 02:29:38,722 --> 02:29:40,791 HAVE A LESS PERILOUS JOURNEY 3628 02:29:40,791 --> 02:29:42,459 WITH THEM ON YOUR TEAM. 3629 02:29:42,459 --> 02:29:45,195 TEAMING UP WITH PROJECT MANAGERS 3630 02:29:45,195 --> 02:29:47,431 TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS AND 3631 02:29:47,431 --> 02:29:49,333 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ARE PROJECT 3632 02:29:49,333 --> 02:29:49,767 FACILITATORS, YOUNG 3633 02:29:49,767 --> 02:29:51,869 PROFESSIONALS MOST OF WHOM 3634 02:29:51,869 --> 02:29:53,070 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 3635 02:29:53,070 --> 02:29:54,571 UNDERGRADS, WHO FORMED THE GLUE 3636 02:29:54,571 --> 02:29:56,540 OF THE PROJECT TEAMS, 3637 02:29:56,540 --> 02:29:58,308 COORDINATING MEETINGS, TRACKING 3638 02:29:58,308 --> 02:30:00,043 ACTION ITEMS, INPUTTING 3639 02:30:00,043 --> 02:30:01,612 MILESTONE DATA, GAINING REAL 3640 02:30:01,612 --> 02:30:06,016 WORLD EXPERIENCE IN THE PROCESS. 3641 02:30:06,016 --> 02:30:07,851 TO COMPLETE THE CIRCUIT MANAGERS 3642 02:30:07,851 --> 02:30:14,424 SERVED ALONGSIDE THE PROJECT 3643 02:30:14,424 --> 02:30:17,728 TEAM PROVIDING GUIDANCE, PROGRAM 3644 02:30:17,728 --> 02:30:23,400 MANAGERS WERE KEY LIAISON POINT 3645 02:30:23,400 --> 02:30:23,801 CREATING LINKAGE. 3646 02:30:23,801 --> 02:30:25,469 IT'S HARD TO CONVEY HOW 3647 02:30:25,469 --> 02:30:28,005 IMPRESSED WE'VE BEEN WITH THE 3648 02:30:28,005 --> 02:30:31,241 CALIBER AND PROFESSIONALISM OF 3649 02:30:31,241 --> 02:30:33,977 PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAMS, WE'VE 3650 02:30:33,977 --> 02:30:35,646 SEEN DEDICATION AND CREDIBILITY 3651 02:30:35,646 --> 02:30:39,550 INSPIRE TEAMS TO STRIVE FOR 3652 02:30:39,550 --> 02:30:40,884 AMBITIOUS TIMELINES, THEY MAY 3653 02:30:40,884 --> 02:30:42,753 NOT SEEM FEASIBLE, CAPTURING 3654 02:30:42,753 --> 02:30:45,055 ESSENCE OF RADx, PUSHING ONE 3655 02:30:45,055 --> 02:30:49,593 ANOTHER TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING NOT 3656 02:30:49,593 --> 02:30:53,230 PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED POSSIBLE. 3657 02:30:53,230 --> 02:30:55,732 THE MODEL WAS DESIGNED TO BE 3658 02:30:55,732 --> 02:30:58,702 FAST TRACKED, UNLOCKED BY 3659 02:30:58,702 --> 02:30:59,803 MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT. 3660 02:30:59,803 --> 02:31:01,205 PHASE 1 RAPID DE-RISKING IS 3661 02:31:01,205 --> 02:31:06,210 INTENDED TO LEAD PROJECTS TO 3662 02:31:06,210 --> 02:31:06,977 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF 3663 02:31:06,977 --> 02:31:08,912 PROTOTYPE, LARGER INVESTMENTS IN 3664 02:31:08,912 --> 02:31:11,315 PHASE 2 TO WORK QUICKLY, FROM 3665 02:31:11,315 --> 02:31:13,550 PORTFOLIO VIEW RISK IS BETTER 3666 02:31:13,550 --> 02:31:14,952 MANAGED AS MORE SUBSTANTIAL 3667 02:31:14,952 --> 02:31:17,154 RESOURCES CAN BE DEPLOYED, ONCE 3668 02:31:17,154 --> 02:31:18,422 WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF 3669 02:31:18,422 --> 02:31:20,090 PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS 3670 02:31:20,090 --> 02:31:21,959 UNDERSTANDING OF TEAM'S ABILITY 3671 02:31:21,959 --> 02:31:23,060 TO EXECUTE. 3672 02:31:23,060 --> 02:31:24,661 TEAMS ACCEPTED INTO PHASE 2 ARE 3673 02:31:24,661 --> 02:31:26,230 EXPECTED TO BE NEARING DESIGN 3674 02:31:26,230 --> 02:31:28,532 LOCK, IN REPARATION FOR CLINICAL 3675 02:31:28,532 --> 02:31:30,734 STUDIES, RAMPING UP FOR PRODUCT 3676 02:31:30,734 --> 02:31:31,501 LAUNCH. 3677 02:31:31,501 --> 02:31:33,470 GREATER FUNDING AMOUNTS IN PHASE 3678 02:31:33,470 --> 02:31:38,175 2 HELPS TEAMS EXECUTE AT 3679 02:31:38,175 --> 02:31:39,776 ACCELERATED PACE WITH CERTAINTY 3680 02:31:39,776 --> 02:31:42,479 OF RESOURCES, PHASE 2 FUNDING 3681 02:31:42,479 --> 02:31:45,282 FOR FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN 3682 02:31:45,282 --> 02:31:46,116 MATCHED CONTRIBUTIONS, SHOWING 3683 02:31:46,116 --> 02:31:49,486 CREDIBLE VALUATION FOR 3684 02:31:49,486 --> 02:31:51,388 TECHNOLOGY AND THE TEAM. 3685 02:31:51,388 --> 02:31:53,323 SO THROUGHOUT PHASE 1 AND 2 3686 02:31:53,323 --> 02:32:00,864 TEAMS RECEIVED CUSTOMIZED 3687 02:32:00,864 --> 02:32:03,200 SUPPORT BASED ON PROFILE, 3688 02:32:03,200 --> 02:32:05,535 FILLING SKILLS GAPS AND GREAT 3689 02:32:05,535 --> 02:32:13,443 DEAL OF ACCELERATION IS GAINED, 3690 02:32:13,443 --> 02:32:15,679 CENTRALIZED VETTED VENDORS 3691 02:32:15,679 --> 02:32:17,514 PROVIDES EXPERTISE, PROVIDING 3692 02:32:17,514 --> 02:32:18,682 EXPERTISE IN QUALITY SYSTEMS, 3693 02:32:18,682 --> 02:32:22,419 DESIGN CONTROLS, SUPPLY CHAIN, 3694 02:32:22,419 --> 02:32:23,587 MANUFACTURING SCALEUP MARKETING 3695 02:32:23,587 --> 02:32:24,755 SALES, CONTRIBUTION, REGULATORY 3696 02:32:24,755 --> 02:32:27,024 CREATES ECONOMIES OF SCALE WHEN 3697 02:32:27,024 --> 02:32:28,859 APPLIED ACROSS MULTIPLE TEAMS IN 3698 02:32:28,859 --> 02:32:29,993 A PORTFOLIO AND THIS SUPPORT 3699 02:32:29,993 --> 02:32:33,030 FREES PROJECT TEAMS TO FOCUS ON 3700 02:32:33,030 --> 02:32:33,864 CORE COMPETENCIES TYPICALLY 3701 02:32:33,864 --> 02:32:35,532 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WHILE 3702 02:32:35,532 --> 02:32:37,868 ALSO PROVIDING VALUABLE UPSTREAM 3703 02:32:37,868 --> 02:32:40,570 FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL DOWNSTREAM 3704 02:32:40,570 --> 02:32:41,038 ISSUES. 3705 02:32:41,038 --> 02:32:43,674 ONE POIGNANT EXAMPLE IS 3706 02:32:43,674 --> 02:32:44,541 UNDERSTANDING COSTS, 3707 02:32:44,541 --> 02:32:45,943 MANUFACTURABILITY OF COMPONENTS 3708 02:32:45,943 --> 02:32:46,977 IN CURRENT DEVICE DESIGN, 3709 02:32:46,977 --> 02:32:49,479 CATCHING THAT EARLY CAN SAVE 3710 02:32:49,479 --> 02:32:50,847 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND 3711 02:32:50,847 --> 02:32:54,418 MONTHS OF EFFORT IN THE PROJECT. 3712 02:32:54,418 --> 02:32:55,619 CLINICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS 3713 02:32:55,619 --> 02:32:58,455 ALSO ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE 3714 02:32:58,455 --> 02:32:59,122 COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER WHERE 3715 02:32:59,122 --> 02:33:01,091 PROJECT TEAMS PRESENT 3716 02:33:01,091 --> 02:33:02,292 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WITH 3717 02:33:02,292 --> 02:33:04,695 DEVICE, COMMITTEE WOULD DRAFT A 3718 02:33:04,695 --> 02:33:06,697 REPORT DETAILING DESIGN 3719 02:33:06,697 --> 02:33:07,965 CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO 3720 02:33:07,965 --> 02:33:09,399 USABILITY, UTILITY, AND WORK 3721 02:33:09,399 --> 02:33:11,635 FLOW FROM THE CLINICIAN'S 3722 02:33:11,635 --> 02:33:12,135 PERSPECTIVE. 3723 02:33:12,135 --> 02:33:13,236 THIS FEEDBACK GAVE DEVELOPERS 3724 02:33:13,236 --> 02:33:14,705 READY ACCESS TO END USER 3725 02:33:14,705 --> 02:33:17,007 EXPERTS, WHAT YOU CALL VOICE OF 3726 02:33:17,007 --> 02:33:19,343 CUSTOMER DATA, THAT PROVED TO BE 3727 02:33:19,343 --> 02:33:21,712 ANOTHER EXTREMELY VALUABLE 3728 02:33:21,712 --> 02:33:31,888 RESOURCE 3729 02:33:37,027 --> 02:33:38,228 RESOURCE WITH DESIGN. 3730 02:33:38,228 --> 02:33:39,096 INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF 3731 02:33:39,096 --> 02:33:45,402 VALIDATION IS A CORE TENET, 3732 02:33:45,402 --> 02:33:46,436 PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT 3733 02:33:46,436 --> 02:33:49,406 BELLWETHER ALONG THE DEVELOPMENT 3734 02:33:49,406 --> 02:33:50,040 PIPELINE. 3735 02:33:50,040 --> 02:33:52,009 THE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION 3736 02:33:52,009 --> 02:33:53,110 CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED, 3737 02:33:53,110 --> 02:33:55,312 CENTRALIZED AND STREAMLINED THE 3738 02:33:55,312 --> 02:33:57,280 VALUATION FRAMEWORK WITH SUPPORT 3739 02:33:57,280 --> 02:33:59,983 FROM THE FDA PROTOCOLS WERE 3740 02:33:59,983 --> 02:34:08,025 DEVELOPED TO ENABLE RIGOROUS 3741 02:34:08,025 --> 02:34:08,959 TESTING, VERIFICATION TESTING 3742 02:34:08,959 --> 02:34:11,728 ENSURED FEASIBILITIES OF THE 3743 02:34:11,728 --> 02:34:15,132 DESIGN PROTOTYPE AND PHASE 2 WAS 3744 02:34:15,132 --> 02:34:16,466 INTENDED TO CONFIRM AHEAD OF 3745 02:34:16,466 --> 02:34:21,071 DESIGN LOCK AND FDA REGULATORY 3746 02:34:21,071 --> 02:34:21,505 STUDIES. 3747 02:34:21,505 --> 02:34:22,172 PROVIDING IN-KINDS VALIDATION 3748 02:34:22,172 --> 02:34:24,274 SERVICES TO PROJECT TEAMS 3749 02:34:24,274 --> 02:34:26,276 CREATED EFFICIENCIES FOR ALL 3750 02:34:26,276 --> 02:34:26,510 PARTIES. 3751 02:34:26,510 --> 02:34:28,345 THE PROJECT TEAMS COULD SET 3752 02:34:28,345 --> 02:34:30,047 STRATEGIC MILESTONES TOWARDS 3753 02:34:30,047 --> 02:34:32,849 REALLY CLEAR PERFORMANCE GOALS, 3754 02:34:32,849 --> 02:34:34,584 WITH FOCUS ON SUBSTANTIALLY 3755 02:34:34,584 --> 02:34:36,987 REDUCING DEVELOPMENT TIMES WHILE 3756 02:34:36,987 --> 02:34:37,788 ROUTINE VERIFICATION TESTING IN 3757 02:34:37,788 --> 02:34:40,090 PHASE 1 PROVIDED TEAMS WITH 3758 02:34:40,090 --> 02:34:40,857 EARLIER INDICATIONS OF POTENTIAL 3759 02:34:40,857 --> 02:34:47,531 DESIGN ISSUES AND ALLOWED FOR 3760 02:34:47,531 --> 02:34:49,599 RAPID AND ITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION 3761 02:34:49,599 --> 02:34:52,869 WITH A STRONG EVIDENCE PLACE FOR 3762 02:34:52,869 --> 02:34:58,075 TIMELY GO/NO-GO DECISION, VALUE 3763 02:34:58,075 --> 02:34:59,242 STUDIES INSTILLED CONFIDENCEE 3764 02:34:59,242 --> 02:35:00,577 WHICH REDUCES RISK OF THE LOST 3765 02:35:00,577 --> 02:35:04,014 TIME OF HAVING TO REPEAT FDA 3766 02:35:04,014 --> 02:35:04,848 STUDIES. 3767 02:35:04,848 --> 02:35:07,651 IN SUMMARIZING THE INNOVATION 3768 02:35:07,651 --> 02:35:10,220 FUNNEL MODEL, KEY FEATURES WERE 3769 02:35:10,220 --> 02:35:13,056 ENGINE THAT DROVE TECHNOLOGY 3770 02:35:13,056 --> 02:35:13,623 ACCELERATION, ANY POWERFUL 3771 02:35:13,623 --> 02:35:15,058 ENGINE REQUIRES SKILLED DRIVER 3772 02:35:15,058 --> 02:35:16,359 TO UNLEASH FULL POTENTIAL AND 3773 02:35:16,359 --> 02:35:18,462 WITH TOO MANY TO ACKNOWLEDGE I 3774 02:35:18,462 --> 02:35:21,164 WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE 3775 02:35:21,164 --> 02:35:23,467 VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN 3776 02:35:23,467 --> 02:35:26,369 INCREDIBLE GROUP OF ACCOMPLISHED 3777 02:35:26,369 --> 02:35:30,607 AND MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS, 3778 02:35:30,607 --> 02:35:32,609 NUMBERING OVER A THOUSAND ACROSS 3779 02:35:32,609 --> 02:35:33,944 PROGRAMS, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM 3780 02:35:33,944 --> 02:35:35,679 DOES NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT HAVING 3781 02:35:35,679 --> 02:35:39,649 THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT 3782 02:35:39,649 --> 02:35:42,419 PLACES. 3783 02:35:42,419 --> 02:35:43,854 THE INDEPENDENT TEST ASSESSMENT 3784 02:35:43,854 --> 02:35:45,622 PROGRAM WAS A DERIVATION OF THE 3785 02:35:45,622 --> 02:35:52,596 RAD ACCIDENT OCCURS -- RADx IN 3786 02:35:52,596 --> 02:35:54,598 2021, SPAWNED FROM THE DEEP 3787 02:35:54,598 --> 02:35:55,632 COLLABORATION BETWEEN RADx AND 3788 02:35:55,632 --> 02:35:57,934 FDA THROUGHOUT THE FIRST YEAR OF 3789 02:35:57,934 --> 02:35:58,301 THE PANDEMIC. 3790 02:35:58,301 --> 02:36:02,873 AND IN AN EFFORT TO 3791 02:36:02,873 --> 02:36:03,673 SYSTEMATICALLY STREAMLINE 3792 02:36:03,673 --> 02:36:04,875 REGULATORY PROCESS WOULD FOLLOW 3793 02:36:04,875 --> 02:36:06,943 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE 3794 02:36:06,943 --> 02:36:09,212 VALIDATION CENTER, PROVIDING 3795 02:36:09,212 --> 02:36:10,547 INDEPENDENT TESTING, UNDER 3796 02:36:10,547 --> 02:36:12,082 SUPERVISION OF RADx PERSONNEL 3797 02:36:12,082 --> 02:36:15,285 AND NOT INFLUENCE BY SPONSOR 3798 02:36:15,285 --> 02:36:17,587 COMPANY, STRUCTURED DATA 3799 02:36:17,587 --> 02:36:22,893 COLLECTED AND FORMATTED IN 3800 02:36:22,893 --> 02:36:24,394 TEMPLATES, ADDRESSING 3801 02:36:24,394 --> 02:36:25,061 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGULATORY 3802 02:36:25,061 --> 02:36:26,062 AUTHORIZATION, HAVING PROTOCOLS 3803 02:36:26,062 --> 02:36:28,365 AND DATA COLLECTION MANAGED BY 3804 02:36:28,365 --> 02:36:31,201 RADx ENSURED FDA RECEIVED 3805 02:36:31,201 --> 02:36:32,369 UNVARNISHED AND RELIABLE 3806 02:36:32,369 --> 02:36:33,670 INFORMATION TO INFORM ITS 3807 02:36:33,670 --> 02:36:34,037 RULING. 3808 02:36:34,037 --> 02:36:35,505 IN ADDITION DATA TEMPLATES WERE 3809 02:36:35,505 --> 02:36:37,340 DESIGNED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE 3810 02:36:37,340 --> 02:36:40,310 FDA IN REAL TIME, AS REQUIRED 3811 02:36:40,310 --> 02:36:41,411 STUDIES WERE COMPLETE. 3812 02:36:41,411 --> 02:36:44,080 THIS FORMAT ALLOWED THE FDA 3813 02:36:44,080 --> 02:36:44,915 REVIEWSERS TO FAMILIARIZE 3814 02:36:44,915 --> 02:36:46,550 THEMSELVES WITH PROJECT EARLIER 3815 02:36:46,550 --> 02:36:47,751 IN THE REVIEW PROCESS SO WHEN 3816 02:36:47,751 --> 02:36:50,287 THE FINAL DATA WAS COLLECTED AND 3817 02:36:50,287 --> 02:36:51,655 SUBMITTED REGULATORY DECISION 3818 02:36:51,655 --> 02:36:53,456 COULD BE MADE IN A SHORTER 3819 02:36:53,456 --> 02:36:57,060 PERIOD OF TIME AND IN SOME CASES 3820 02:36:57,060 --> 02:37:00,030 A FEW SHORT DAYS. 3821 02:37:00,030 --> 02:37:02,065 AS ILLUSTRATED ITAP WAS CREATED 3822 02:37:02,065 --> 02:37:04,167 TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH STAGES 3823 02:37:04,167 --> 02:37:06,369 FOR EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION 3824 02:37:06,369 --> 02:37:11,174 BY FDA AND THE REQUIREMENTS 3825 02:37:11,174 --> 02:37:13,910 ESTABLISHED AN ACCELERATED 3826 02:37:13,910 --> 02:37:15,145 PATHWAY, BUT THE FIRST PROJECT 3827 02:37:15,145 --> 02:37:17,581 TO BE ACCEPTED INTO ITAP IN THE 3828 02:37:17,581 --> 02:37:20,717 FALL OF 2021 THIS WAS AN 3829 02:37:20,717 --> 02:37:22,452 OVER-THE-COUNTER RAPID ANTIGEN 3830 02:37:22,452 --> 02:37:24,521 TEST FOR COVID-19 RECEIVED EUA 3831 02:37:24,521 --> 02:37:29,459 IN 8 WEEKS, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME 3832 02:37:29,459 --> 02:37:32,562 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ITAP IN THE 3833 02:37:32,562 --> 02:37:35,065 BOX ON THE RIGHT, 12 EUAs, 4 3834 02:37:35,065 --> 02:37:36,967 BILLION TESTS TO THE U.S. 3835 02:37:36,967 --> 02:37:38,001 MARKET. 3836 02:37:38,001 --> 02:37:41,504 THIS PAST YEAR 15 AUTHORIZATIONS 3837 02:37:41,504 --> 02:37:48,078 FOR COVID, FLU, COMBO TEST FOR 3838 02:37:48,078 --> 02:37:52,549 POINT OF CARE AND AT HOME USE, 3839 02:37:52,549 --> 02:38:02,559 AND I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE 3840 02:38:02,559 --> 02:38:03,326 HEPATITIS C PROGRAM, RECEIVED 3841 02:38:03,326 --> 02:38:06,630 FULL SUPPORT FROM THE FDA, CDC, 3842 02:38:06,630 --> 02:38:08,531 NIH PARTNERS, PUSHING THE ITAP 3843 02:38:08,531 --> 02:38:11,334 MODEL TO ITS LIMITS TO COMPLETE 3844 02:38:11,334 --> 02:38:13,403 THE REGULATORY STUDIES AND 3845 02:38:13,403 --> 02:38:16,973 SUBMIT THE PACKAGE IN SIX 3846 02:38:16,973 --> 02:38:21,678 MONTHS, THE 510(K) PACKAGE, WITH 3847 02:38:21,678 --> 02:38:23,613 A DIFFERENT APPROACH SAVING TIME 3848 02:38:23,613 --> 02:38:24,581 AND MONEY. 3849 02:38:24,581 --> 02:38:35,091 ITAP REMAINS A CLEAR EXAMPLE, 3850 02:38:35,492 --> 02:38:36,693 MOST ESPECIALLY FOR THE AMERICAN 3851 02:38:36,693 --> 02:38:41,564 PUBLIC AND PATIENTS THAT RELY ON 3852 02:38:41,564 --> 02:38:43,833 TESTS FOR THEIR CARE. 3853 02:38:43,833 --> 02:38:45,602 WITH THE FUNNEL AND CAPABILITIES 3854 02:38:45,602 --> 02:38:48,538 OF THE POINTED OF CARE 3855 02:38:48,538 --> 02:38:49,139 TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH NETWORK 3856 02:38:49,139 --> 02:38:51,207 THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR ME AND 3857 02:38:51,207 --> 02:38:53,910 MY NIBIB COLLEAGUES WAS TO 3858 02:38:53,910 --> 02:38:55,312 CODIFY UNDERLYING ORGANIZATIONAL 3859 02:38:55,312 --> 02:38:57,947 STRUCTURE AND FUNDING STRUCTURES 3860 02:38:57,947 --> 02:38:59,015 TO SUSTAIN ONGOING EFFORTS, 3861 02:38:59,015 --> 02:39:01,351 DEPICTED ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN 3862 02:39:01,351 --> 02:39:02,852 SEE FOUNDATIONAL CONTRACT 3863 02:39:02,852 --> 02:39:04,921 VEHICLES CREATED TO SUPPORT KEY 3864 02:39:04,921 --> 02:39:06,823 FEATURES OF THE RADx PROCESS 3865 02:39:06,823 --> 02:39:08,291 WITH SCALABILITY AND HEAD ROOM 3866 02:39:08,291 --> 02:39:11,594 BUILT IN FOR FUTURE ACTIVITIES. 3867 02:39:11,594 --> 02:39:12,729 THROUGH PRIMARY CONTRACTS 3868 02:39:12,729 --> 02:39:15,098 CONSIST OF THE COORDINATION 3869 02:39:15,098 --> 02:39:19,336 CENTER, MANAGED BY CIMIT, 3870 02:39:19,336 --> 02:39:20,937 INCLUDING PROCESSES AND 3871 02:39:20,937 --> 02:39:23,340 WORKFLOWS, PROPOSAL SUBMISSION, 3872 02:39:23,340 --> 02:39:24,107 RISK ASSESSMENT, REVIEW 3873 02:39:24,107 --> 02:39:25,342 MEETINGS, ENTREPRENEURIAL 3874 02:39:25,342 --> 02:39:26,743 TRAINING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AS 3875 02:39:26,743 --> 02:39:31,648 WELL AS CRITERIA FOR THE STAGE 3876 02:39:31,648 --> 02:39:32,115 GATE. 3877 02:39:32,115 --> 02:39:37,787 THE COMMERCIALIZE SESSION 3878 02:39:37,787 --> 02:39:43,226 OVERSEES CURATION AND 3879 02:39:43,226 --> 02:39:44,728 DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, 3880 02:39:44,728 --> 02:39:46,963 FORMING THE CORE OF THE SERVICES 3881 02:39:46,963 --> 02:39:49,499 EMPLOYED AS PROJECT MANAGER, 3882 02:39:49,499 --> 02:39:50,900 REVIEWERS, ADVISORS. 3883 02:39:50,900 --> 02:39:55,271 VALIDATION CENTER ANCHORED AT 3884 02:39:55,271 --> 02:39:57,540 EMORY PERFORMS TESTING I 3885 02:39:57,540 --> 02:39:58,007 PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, 3886 02:39:58,007 --> 02:40:00,844 CHARACTERIZED AS A DEDICATED AND 3887 02:40:00,844 --> 02:40:01,544 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM, WILLING 3888 02:40:01,544 --> 02:40:03,813 TO TAKE ON NEW PROJECTS AND 3889 02:40:03,813 --> 02:40:05,181 CHALLENGES AND COMMITTED TO 3890 02:40:05,181 --> 02:40:07,283 RADx MISSION OF RAPID 3891 02:40:07,283 --> 02:40:08,118 EVALUATION AND RAPID FEEDBACK. 3892 02:40:08,118 --> 02:40:11,654 AND AS THEY LIKE TO SAY, THEY 3893 02:40:11,654 --> 02:40:16,126 TEST THE TEST. 3894 02:40:16,126 --> 02:40:16,960 TOGETHER THESE THREE CENTERS 3895 02:40:16,960 --> 02:40:19,596 FORM A STABLE BUT EXTENSIBLE 3896 02:40:19,596 --> 02:40:22,098 PLATFORM THAT CAN PROVIDE 3897 02:40:22,098 --> 02:40:25,602 TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION SUPPORT 3898 02:40:25,602 --> 02:40:27,637 ACROSS HEALTHCARE SPECTRUM. 3899 02:40:27,637 --> 02:40:28,638 UTILIZING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, 3900 02:40:28,638 --> 02:40:31,408 WE'VE SPENT THE PAST FEW YEARS 3901 02:40:31,408 --> 02:40:34,844 IMAGINING HOW THE MODEL MIGHT BE 3902 02:40:34,844 --> 02:40:35,445 MODIFIED BEYOND THE COVID-19 3903 02:40:35,445 --> 02:40:37,714 PANDEMIC, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR 3904 02:40:37,714 --> 02:40:39,282 PARTNERS TO DRIVE DIFFERENT 3905 02:40:39,282 --> 02:40:39,949 PROGRAM STRUCTURES, TAILORED TO 3906 02:40:39,949 --> 02:40:41,785 THE NEEDS OF THE HEALTHCARE 3907 02:40:41,785 --> 02:40:43,119 PROBLEM TO BE ADDRESSED, AND TO 3908 02:40:43,119 --> 02:40:44,721 DATE THESE HAVE LED TO THE 3909 02:40:44,721 --> 02:40:46,756 CREATION OF MENU OF PROGRAMS IN 3910 02:40:46,756 --> 02:40:50,560 THE CENTER OF THIS SLIDE. 3911 02:40:50,560 --> 02:40:52,462 ITAP REMAINS ACTIVE, THE TWO 3912 02:40:52,462 --> 02:40:55,698 PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO 3913 02:40:55,698 --> 02:40:56,266 PRIMARILY COMMERCIALIZED 3914 02:40:56,266 --> 02:40:57,300 DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, POINT OF CARE 3915 02:40:57,300 --> 02:41:01,171 AND OVER THE COUNTER USE. 3916 02:41:01,171 --> 02:41:02,138 MED TECH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM 3917 02:41:02,138 --> 02:41:06,509 SUPPORTED BY THE BLUEPRINT FOR 3918 02:41:06,509 --> 02:41:08,378 NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVE 3919 02:41:08,378 --> 02:41:11,614 RECEIVED RECURRING FUNDING FOR 3920 02:41:11,614 --> 02:41:14,851 FOUR YEARS, GOAL OF DEVICES, 3921 02:41:14,851 --> 02:41:15,819 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC, TO 3922 02:41:15,819 --> 02:41:19,222 FIRST IN HUMAN TRIALS TO GET TO 3923 02:41:19,222 --> 02:41:20,323 THAT VITAL CLINICAL EVALUATION 3924 02:41:20,323 --> 02:41:21,090 STAGE. 3925 02:41:21,090 --> 02:41:22,625 MED TECH HAS TESTED EXPANSION OF 3926 02:41:22,625 --> 02:41:24,861 THE INNOVATION FUNNEL INTO THE 3927 02:41:24,861 --> 02:41:26,162 MEDICAL DEVICE SPACE. 3928 02:41:26,162 --> 02:41:27,831 AND HOW TO MANAGE A BROADER 3929 02:41:27,831 --> 02:41:32,202 SCOPE OF CLINICAL INDICATIONS 3930 02:41:32,202 --> 02:41:33,436 AND TECHNOLOGIES. 3931 02:41:33,436 --> 02:41:35,872 RADx CHALLENGE WAS DESIGNED TO 3932 02:41:35,872 --> 02:41:37,674 UTILIZE PRIZE COMPETITION 3933 02:41:37,674 --> 02:41:40,777 AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT AS OPPOSED 3934 02:41:40,777 --> 02:41:43,446 TO TRADITIONAL GRANTS AND 3935 02:41:43,446 --> 02:41:43,713 CONTRACTS. 3936 02:41:43,713 --> 02:41:45,081 STRUCTURING PRIZE PAYMENTS 3937 02:41:45,081 --> 02:41:47,417 AROUND PHASED PROGRAM-WIDE 3938 02:41:47,417 --> 02:41:48,384 MILESTONES AND VALIDATION 3939 02:41:48,384 --> 02:41:49,853 CRITERIA OFFERS POTENTIAL COST 3940 02:41:49,853 --> 02:41:51,254 EFFECTIVE AND LOWER RISK MODEL 3941 02:41:51,254 --> 02:41:54,224 FOR RADx AS WE ONLY PAY THE 3942 02:41:54,224 --> 02:41:55,425 PROJECTS THAT SUCCESSFULLY 3943 02:41:55,425 --> 02:41:57,026 ACHIEVE REQUIREMENTS AT EACH 3944 02:41:57,026 --> 02:41:57,360 PHASE. 3945 02:41:57,360 --> 02:42:01,598 OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE LOWER 3946 02:42:01,598 --> 02:42:04,534 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ATTRACTING 3947 02:42:04,534 --> 02:42:05,735 BROADER POOL OF PROPOSERS, MANY 3948 02:42:05,735 --> 02:42:07,036 MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN NIH 3949 02:42:07,036 --> 02:42:10,807 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, CASH 3950 02:42:10,807 --> 02:42:13,042 PRIZEs CAN BE USED BY AWARDEE 3951 02:42:13,042 --> 02:42:17,614 FOR ANY PURPOSE, DO NOT REQUIRE 3952 02:42:17,614 --> 02:42:24,787 COMPLIANCE WITH NIH AAWARD 3953 02:42:24,787 --> 02:42:27,757 POLICIES, STREAMLINED TO HELP 3954 02:42:27,757 --> 02:42:28,291 INCENTIVIZE ACCELERATION, 3955 02:42:28,291 --> 02:42:30,693 COMMENCE RATE WITH LEVEL OF RISK 3956 02:42:30,693 --> 02:42:33,696 BEING BORNE BY THE PROJECT 3957 02:42:33,696 --> 02:42:33,897 TEAMS. 3958 02:42:33,897 --> 02:42:35,632 AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER, POCTRN 3959 02:42:35,632 --> 02:42:37,934 HAS A HISTORY OF PROVIDING 3960 02:42:37,934 --> 02:42:39,269 TRANSLATIONAL RESOURCES TO EARLY 3961 02:42:39,269 --> 02:42:39,903 STAGE TECHNOLOGIES IN POINT OF 3962 02:42:39,903 --> 02:42:42,105 CARE SPACE AND WE AIM TO 3963 02:42:42,105 --> 02:42:43,506 CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THAT 3964 02:42:43,506 --> 02:42:44,707 EXPERTISE, IN AREAS OF MUTUAL 3965 02:42:44,707 --> 02:42:47,343 INTEREST WITHIN THE NETWORK AND 3966 02:42:47,343 --> 02:42:49,279 WITH ADDED RADx SUPPORT, 3967 02:42:49,279 --> 02:42:53,616 INITIATIVES CAN BE A PLUG AND 3968 02:42:53,616 --> 02:42:55,184 PLAY INTO AN ESTABLISHED 3969 02:42:55,184 --> 02:42:56,886 PROCESS, POCTRN HAS ABILITY TO 3970 02:42:56,886 --> 02:43:01,457 WORK WITH DEVELOPERS ACROSS THE 3971 02:43:01,457 --> 02:43:02,725 SPECTRUM ADDING A PATHWAY FOR 3972 02:43:02,725 --> 02:43:04,727 INNOVATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE 3973 02:43:04,727 --> 02:43:06,462 CLEAR MARKET SIGNALS YET. 3974 02:43:06,462 --> 02:43:08,831 AND WITH DEEP CAPABILITIES AND 3975 02:43:08,831 --> 02:43:11,601 CLINICAL VALIDATION POCTRN HAS 3976 02:43:11,601 --> 02:43:14,270 STRONG TRACK RECORD DRIVING 3977 02:43:14,270 --> 02:43:15,805 DE-RISKING OF MILESTONES. 3978 02:43:15,805 --> 02:43:17,040 CUSTOMIZING THESE PROGRAMS AS I 3979 02:43:17,040 --> 02:43:23,513 LIKE TO DESCRIBE HAS BEEN ABOUT 3980 02:43:23,513 --> 02:43:26,549 STOICHIOMETRY, TITRATING THE KEY 3981 02:43:26,549 --> 02:43:30,887 FEATURES TO OPTIMIZE -- 3982 02:43:30,887 --> 02:43:33,122 [ NO AUDIO ] 3983 02:43:33,122 --> 02:43:35,224 >> WE'VE LOST YOUR AUDIO AGAIN. 3984 02:43:35,224 --> 02:43:36,125 YOU'RE BACK. 3985 02:43:36,125 --> 02:43:41,497 >> AM I BACK? 3986 02:43:41,497 --> 02:43:42,899 >> YES. 3987 02:43:42,899 --> 02:43:43,666 >> APOLOGIES. 3988 02:43:43,666 --> 02:43:44,934 BECAUSE OF THE COMPLETED 3989 02:43:44,934 --> 02:43:47,170 PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 3990 02:43:47,170 --> 02:43:53,376 AN -- ANALYZE WE COMPARE AGAINT 3991 02:43:53,376 --> 02:43:54,344 PROJECT OUTCOMES AND ENABLES US 3992 02:43:54,344 --> 02:43:57,146 TO SEE WHICH RESOURCES THE 3993 02:43:57,146 --> 02:43:58,781 PROJECTS USE, WHAT QUANTITIES TO 3994 02:43:58,781 --> 02:44:00,049 GAIN INSIGHT INTO THINGS LIKE 3995 02:44:00,049 --> 02:44:01,684 MINIMUM LEVEL OF PROJECT 3996 02:44:01,684 --> 02:44:07,156 MANAGEMENT TO ACHIEVE 3997 02:44:07,156 --> 02:44:08,891 ACCELERATION OR UPPER LIMIT OF 3998 02:44:08,891 --> 02:44:10,093 SUPPORT, POINTS OF DIMINISHING 3999 02:44:10,093 --> 02:44:11,260 RETURNS, THESE DATA CONTINUE TO 4000 02:44:11,260 --> 02:44:13,062 SHAPE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 4001 02:44:13,062 --> 02:44:15,632 TO USE THESE TRANSLATIONAL 4002 02:44:15,632 --> 02:44:18,868 RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY AND COST 4003 02:44:18,868 --> 02:44:19,168 EFFECTIVELY. 4004 02:44:19,168 --> 02:44:20,837 AS WE APPROACH PARTNERS TO HELP 4005 02:44:20,837 --> 02:44:21,704 ACCELERATE TECHNOLOGIES THAT 4006 02:44:21,704 --> 02:44:23,573 ADDRESS NEEDS WE HAVE BUILT 4007 02:44:23,573 --> 02:44:26,576 INTAKE PROCESS THAT ADDRESSED 4008 02:44:26,576 --> 02:44:27,443 DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OUTLINED 4009 02:44:27,443 --> 02:44:28,811 HERE, THROUGH JOINT DISCUSSIONS 4010 02:44:28,811 --> 02:44:30,480 WITH OUR PARTNERS GAIN A CLEAR 4011 02:44:30,480 --> 02:44:32,882 UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM SET 4012 02:44:32,882 --> 02:44:34,517 AND SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS AND WE 4013 02:44:34,517 --> 02:44:37,120 CAN TAILOR A PROGRAM THAT MEETS 4014 02:44:37,120 --> 02:44:38,521 THE GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS AS 4015 02:44:38,521 --> 02:44:41,691 WELL AS BUDGET AND TIMELINE. 4016 02:44:41,691 --> 02:44:43,393 I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH 4017 02:44:43,393 --> 02:44:45,061 INITIATIVES WE'VE COMPLETED OR 4018 02:44:45,061 --> 02:44:47,463 STARTED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, 4019 02:44:47,463 --> 02:44:47,930 ITAP PROGRAM. 4020 02:44:47,930 --> 02:44:49,599 WE FOUND A GREAT DEAL OF 4021 02:44:49,599 --> 02:44:51,501 TRACTION WITH IN VITRO 4022 02:44:51,501 --> 02:44:53,670 DIAGNOSTICS OFFICE AT THE FDA TO 4023 02:44:53,670 --> 02:44:55,004 CONTINUE TO SPEED NEEDED 4024 02:44:55,004 --> 02:44:56,205 DIAGNOSTICS TO THE MARKET. 4025 02:44:56,205 --> 02:44:59,642 I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK AND 4026 02:44:59,642 --> 02:45:01,911 HIGHLIGHT OUR FUNDING PARTNERS 4027 02:45:01,911 --> 02:45:05,515 ACROSS THE NIH, NIAID, NCI, AS 4028 02:45:05,515 --> 02:45:08,718 WELL AS CDC FOR HELPING US BRING 4029 02:45:08,718 --> 02:45:11,621 THESE IMPACTFUL TECHNOLOGIES TO 4030 02:45:11,621 --> 02:45:12,889 PATIENTS WHO NEED THEM. 4031 02:45:12,889 --> 02:45:14,624 WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH OFFICE 4032 02:45:14,624 --> 02:45:17,694 OF AIDS RESEARCH AT NIH, WHO 4033 02:45:17,694 --> 02:45:20,630 HAVE BEEN VALUED SPONSORS OF 4034 02:45:20,630 --> 02:45:21,497 POCTRN NOW PUSHING DEVELOPMENT 4035 02:45:21,497 --> 02:45:25,301 OF HIV VIRAL LOAD TESTS. 4036 02:45:25,301 --> 02:45:29,372 YOU CAN SEE BLUEPRINT MED TECH 4037 02:45:29,372 --> 02:45:30,640 ACCELERATOR ACCOUNTS FOR HALF 4038 02:45:30,640 --> 02:45:33,209 THE CENTERS, APPROVED FOR A 4039 02:45:33,209 --> 02:45:35,244 SECOND FIVE-YEAR CYCLE WHICH 4040 02:45:35,244 --> 02:45:36,045 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. 4041 02:45:36,045 --> 02:45:38,948 THROUGH THE WOMEN'S HEALTH 4042 02:45:38,948 --> 02:45:40,383 INITIATIVES WE HAVE PARTNERED 4043 02:45:40,383 --> 02:45:43,653 WITH NICHD, ORWH, WITH THE GATES 4044 02:45:43,653 --> 02:45:46,322 FOUNDATION TO CRAFT RADx 4045 02:45:46,322 --> 02:45:47,423 CHALLENGES TO ACCELERATE 4046 02:45:47,423 --> 02:45:50,993 TECHNOLOGIES FOR MATERNAL 4047 02:45:50,993 --> 02:45:52,662 HEALTH, FETAL HEALTH MONITORING, 4048 02:45:52,662 --> 02:45:52,995 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 4049 02:45:52,995 --> 02:45:55,264 I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO 4050 02:45:55,264 --> 02:45:55,865 DESCRIBE OUTCOMES. 4051 02:45:55,865 --> 02:46:03,306 YOU HEARD A BIT FROM BRUCE 4052 02:46:03,306 --> 02:46:05,608 EARLIER TODAY. 4053 02:46:05,608 --> 02:46:08,311 ONE EXAMPLE OF RADx DEFYING 4054 02:46:08,311 --> 02:46:10,847 NIH PROGRAMS, HOW WE INTRODUCE 4055 02:46:10,847 --> 02:46:15,651 KEY FEATURES UPSTREAM INTO 4056 02:46:15,651 --> 02:46:17,420 RESEARCH-FOCUSED PROGRAMS LIKE 4057 02:46:17,420 --> 02:46:18,721 R21, R01, CONCEPT BEING HELP 4058 02:46:18,721 --> 02:46:20,890 INVESTIGATORS BETTER ALIGN IDEAS 4059 02:46:20,890 --> 02:46:24,293 WITH CLINICAL OR MARKET PULL 4060 02:46:24,293 --> 02:46:26,162 DURING MORE NASCENT STAGES. 4061 02:46:26,162 --> 02:46:29,432 IF WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL 4062 02:46:29,432 --> 02:46:30,533 PLANNING AND DE-RISKING WE MIGHT 4063 02:46:30,533 --> 02:46:32,535 BE ABLE TO INCREASE YIELD OF 4064 02:46:32,535 --> 02:46:34,470 PROJECTS THAT PURSUE TRANSLATION 4065 02:46:34,470 --> 02:46:35,872 AND HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFUL 4066 02:46:35,872 --> 02:46:36,572 COMMERCIALIZATION OF THEIR 4067 02:46:36,572 --> 02:46:42,445 TECHNOLOGIES AND ONE EARLY 4068 02:46:42,445 --> 02:46:45,214 EXPERIMENT IN THIS VAIN IS -- 4069 02:46:45,214 --> 02:46:55,458 [ NO AUDIO ] 4070 02:47:00,830 --> 02:47:02,131 4071 02:47:02,131 --> 02:47:05,701 >> REPEAT THAT SLIDE. 4072 02:47:05,701 --> 02:47:09,071 4073 02:47:09,071 --> 02:47:13,609 >> I'LL GO BACK, APOLOGIES. 4074 02:47:13,609 --> 02:47:16,012 ONE EXPERIMENT IS THE 4075 02:47:16,012 --> 02:47:18,381 BIOMATERIALS NETWORK, WHICH WILL 4076 02:47:18,381 --> 02:47:21,150 UTILIZE RADx COMMERCIALIZATION 4077 02:47:21,150 --> 02:47:31,627 SERVICES TO HELP TECHNOLOGY 4078 02:47:37,166 --> 02:47:38,267 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IDENTIFY 4079 02:47:38,267 --> 02:47:39,168 BARRIERS TO TRANSLATION AND 4080 02:47:39,168 --> 02:47:42,305 DESIRE HERE IS REALLY TO BETTER 4081 02:47:42,305 --> 02:47:43,706 PRIME BIOMATERIALS PROJECTS WITH 4082 02:47:43,706 --> 02:47:45,041 PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE 4083 02:47:45,041 --> 02:47:51,414 DEFENSIBLE VALUE PROPOSITION FOR 4084 02:47:51,414 --> 02:47:53,683 CLINICAL USE. 4085 02:47:53,683 --> 02:47:55,084 RISK ASSESSMENT, TRAINING, 4086 02:47:55,084 --> 02:47:56,018 WRAPAROUND SUPPORT MIGHT HELP 4087 02:47:56,018 --> 02:47:58,154 ACCELERATE RESEARCH THAT'S AIMED 4088 02:47:58,154 --> 02:47:59,622 AT INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND 4089 02:47:59,622 --> 02:48:03,426 WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR A SUCCESSFUL 4090 02:48:03,426 --> 02:48:06,095 PILOT TO MODEL FUTURE EFFORTS. 4091 02:48:06,095 --> 02:48:08,898 SO JUST TO LEAVE YOU WITH FINAL 4092 02:48:08,898 --> 02:48:10,266 THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, 4093 02:48:10,266 --> 02:48:11,234 HERE'S THE VALUE PROPOSITION 4094 02:48:11,234 --> 02:48:12,001 WE'VE LAID OUT. 4095 02:48:12,001 --> 02:48:14,203 WE KNOW THERE ARE NUMEROUS 4096 02:48:14,203 --> 02:48:15,605 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS 4097 02:48:15,605 --> 02:48:17,473 OUT THERE, ALL ENGAGING IN SOME 4098 02:48:17,473 --> 02:48:21,611 VARIATION OF THE ACTIVITIES I 4099 02:48:21,611 --> 02:48:22,845 DESCRIBED, AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE 4100 02:48:22,845 --> 02:48:24,547 TO BRING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO 4101 02:48:24,547 --> 02:48:25,248 PATIENTS. 4102 02:48:25,248 --> 02:48:26,616 WE FEEL, HOWEVER, THAT THROUGH 4103 02:48:26,616 --> 02:48:28,451 THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PANDEMIC 4104 02:48:28,451 --> 02:48:30,286 THE RADx INNOVATION FUNNEL WAS 4105 02:48:30,286 --> 02:48:31,721 PRESSURE TESTED, AND BATTLE 4106 02:48:31,721 --> 02:48:34,757 HARDENED, AS A MODEL FOR RADICAL 4107 02:48:34,757 --> 02:48:37,393 TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION AND WE 4108 02:48:37,393 --> 02:48:46,168 HAVE A GREAT TEAM, CAPABLE OF 4109 02:48:46,168 --> 02:48:49,772 EXECUTING ON TIME TIMELINES. 4110 02:48:49,772 --> 02:48:50,806 IN-KIND SERVICES CAN GENERATE 4111 02:48:50,806 --> 02:48:52,775 MORE VALUE TO PROJECTS THAN 4112 02:48:52,775 --> 02:48:53,609 FUNDING ALONE. 4113 02:48:53,609 --> 02:48:59,515 THE SUPPORT GUIDANCE AND 4114 02:48:59,515 --> 02:49:01,984 MENTORSHIP CAN HELP AVOID 4115 02:49:01,984 --> 02:49:05,821 MISTAKES, ADDING CREDIBILITY 4116 02:49:05,821 --> 02:49:09,525 WHEN SEEKING FUTURE INVESTMENT. 4117 02:49:09,525 --> 02:49:11,794 THE MENU AFFORDS GREAT 4118 02:49:11,794 --> 02:49:14,096 FLEXIBILITY ACCOUNTING FOR NEEDS 4119 02:49:14,096 --> 02:49:16,632 ACROSS THE AREAS, SCALABILITY OF 4120 02:49:16,632 --> 02:49:17,633 THE PLATFORM MEANS ACCELERATION 4121 02:49:17,633 --> 02:49:21,103 CAN BE ACHIEVED ON ANY BUDGET 4122 02:49:21,103 --> 02:49:22,271 WHETHER SUPPORTING DOZENS OF 4123 02:49:22,271 --> 02:49:25,608 PROJECTS THROUGH ITAP OR TWO ON 4124 02:49:25,608 --> 02:49:28,110 FOUR TEAMS THROUGH A CHALLENGE. 4125 02:49:28,110 --> 02:49:33,282 AND PARTNERSHIPS INSIDE AND 4126 02:49:33,282 --> 02:49:35,151 OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT ARE KEY, WILL 4127 02:49:35,151 --> 02:49:37,586 ENABLE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF 4128 02:49:37,586 --> 02:49:38,421 IMPACT AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE LEE 4129 02:49:38,421 --> 02:49:48,864 LIED ON WORTH OF MOUTH AND 4130 02:49:54,570 --> 02:49:54,971 OUTREACH. 4131 02:49:54,971 --> 02:49:58,641 AN UPON POINT FROM THE NIBIB 4132 02:49:58,641 --> 02:50:00,009 PERSPECTIVE OUR RADx 4133 02:50:00,009 --> 02:50:01,143 APPLICANTS ARE TECHNOLOGY 4134 02:50:01,143 --> 02:50:03,446 DEVELOPERS, THEY COME FROM 4135 02:50:03,446 --> 02:50:04,680 ENGINEERING AND IMAGING 4136 02:50:04,680 --> 02:50:05,982 COMMUNITIES, AND WE FEEL RADx 4137 02:50:05,982 --> 02:50:08,617 HAS BEEN A MEDIUM FROM WHICH WE 4138 02:50:08,617 --> 02:50:09,819 WITH LEVERAGE THIS MASSIVE 4139 02:50:09,819 --> 02:50:13,055 SOURCE OF TALENT TO DELIVER MORE 4140 02:50:13,055 --> 02:50:15,491 SOLUTIONS TO EMERGING AND 4141 02:50:15,491 --> 02:50:16,726 FORMIDABLE PUBLIC HEALTH 4142 02:50:16,726 --> 02:50:16,993 PROBLEMS. 4143 02:50:16,993 --> 02:50:18,694 ON THAT NOTE I WANTED TO ECHO 4144 02:50:18,694 --> 02:50:27,636 AGAIN THE SUCCESS OF THESE 4145 02:50:27,636 --> 02:50:31,640 PROGRAMS IS ABOUT THE, ONE FINAL 4146 02:50:31,640 --> 02:50:32,875 THANKS TO THOSE WHO WORKED WITH 4147 02:50:32,875 --> 02:50:34,243 US FOR FIVE YEARS, THE CREDIT 4148 02:50:34,243 --> 02:50:44,420 FOR THIS SUCCESS NEEDS TO BE 4149 02:50:44,420 --> 02:50:46,889 SPREAD FAR AND WIDE. 4150 02:50:46,889 --> 02:50:49,792 STEVE AND RAY SPEARHEADED WITH 4151 02:50:49,792 --> 02:50:52,194 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALL OF OUR 4152 02:50:52,194 --> 02:50:53,095 COLLABORATORS, AND WITH THAT I 4153 02:50:53,095 --> 02:50:54,063 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND 4154 02:50:54,063 --> 02:50:57,733 ATTENTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO 4155 02:50:57,733 --> 02:50:58,801 FURTHER DISCUSSION. 4156 02:50:58,801 --> 02:51:03,239 THANK YOU. 4157 02:51:03,239 --> 02:51:03,606 >> FANTASTIC. 4158 02:51:03,606 --> 02:51:07,543 THANK YOU, TODD, FOR YOUR 4159 02:51:07,543 --> 02:51:08,411 PRESENTATION. 4160 02:51:08,411 --> 02:51:10,413 WE'LL TAKE YOUR SLIDES DOWN AND 4161 02:51:10,413 --> 02:51:20,923 OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. 4162 02:51:21,624 --> 02:51:24,427 ANOTHER TOUR DE FORCE. 4163 02:51:24,427 --> 02:51:25,861 BRUCE? 4164 02:51:25,861 --> 02:51:27,997 >> LET ME ADD ONE MORE 4165 02:51:27,997 --> 02:51:31,500 INTERESTING POINT TO WHAT TODD'S 4166 02:51:31,500 --> 02:51:33,469 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION THAT 4167 02:51:33,469 --> 02:51:37,440 BROKE ALL THIS DOWN, DEMYSTIFIED 4168 02:51:37,440 --> 02:51:40,810 THE PROCESS IN RADx AND 4169 02:51:40,810 --> 02:51:42,711 EXTENSIBILITY TO SO MANY OTHER 4170 02:51:42,711 --> 02:51:43,679 CONCEPTS AND PROJECTS. 4171 02:51:43,679 --> 02:51:48,918 SO A HUGE BENEFIT TO US, TODD 4172 02:51:48,918 --> 02:51:54,657 MENTIONED CONTRACTING OFFICE AT 4173 02:51:54,657 --> 02:51:58,127 NHLBI, AND OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER 4174 02:51:58,127 --> 02:52:01,764 LED THAT, AND WORKED THROUGH ALL 4175 02:52:01,764 --> 02:52:04,300 THESE INTENSIVE MOMENTS WITH US 4176 02:52:04,300 --> 02:52:08,637 AND HELPED REALLY FIGURE OUT THE 4177 02:52:08,637 --> 02:52:10,840 LOGISTICS OF ISSUING LARGE 4178 02:52:10,840 --> 02:52:12,441 CONTRACTS, UNPRECEDENTED AT THE 4179 02:52:12,441 --> 02:52:14,810 NIH AND AMAZINGLY SHORT PERIOD 4180 02:52:14,810 --> 02:52:17,546 OF TIME. 4181 02:52:17,546 --> 02:52:20,249 SO, ANOTHER BENEFIT, TODD, ALL 4182 02:52:20,249 --> 02:52:22,985 OF THIS INTRODUCED US TO ANNE, 4183 02:52:22,985 --> 02:52:26,355 AND WE RECRUITED ANN AS OUR 4184 02:52:26,355 --> 02:52:28,557 EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SELFISH BUT 4185 02:52:28,557 --> 02:52:29,892 THAT'S BEEN SUCH A GAME CHANGER 4186 02:52:29,892 --> 02:52:30,326 FOR US. 4187 02:52:30,326 --> 02:52:33,629 SO NOT ONLY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT 4188 02:52:33,629 --> 02:52:35,397 WE WORKED WITH, SO 4189 02:52:35,397 --> 02:52:36,665 EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARILY 4190 02:52:36,665 --> 02:52:38,067 GENEROUS AND CONTRIBUTING ALL 4191 02:52:38,067 --> 02:52:42,371 ACROSS THE NIH, BUT AS YOU 4192 02:52:42,371 --> 02:52:45,574 MENTIONED, NHLBI CO-ACT AND OUR 4193 02:52:45,574 --> 02:52:48,744 PATHWAY TO RECRUITING ANN TO 4194 02:52:48,744 --> 02:52:51,347 NIBIB AND THAT POINT ABOUT ALL 4195 02:52:51,347 --> 02:52:53,482 THE PEOPLE ENGAGED, ALL ACROSS 4196 02:52:53,482 --> 02:52:55,951 THE NIH, SO THIS WAY OF THINKING 4197 02:52:55,951 --> 02:52:59,655 IS NOW -- WE HAVE TO THIS IN 4198 02:52:59,655 --> 02:53:00,656 DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM OFFICERS 4199 02:53:00,656 --> 02:53:01,690 ARE ENGAGED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT 4200 02:53:01,690 --> 02:53:03,459 ALL THE TIME. 4201 02:53:03,459 --> 02:53:05,060 WE HAVE VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE 4202 02:53:05,060 --> 02:53:12,568 IN PROGRESS, UP IN THE AIR, IN 4203 02:53:12,568 --> 02:53:12,868 DISCUSSION. 4204 02:53:12,868 --> 02:53:15,271 BUT THAT MECHANISM OF REACHING 4205 02:53:15,271 --> 02:53:17,806 OUT IS HAVING AN IMPACT, EVEN AS 4206 02:53:17,806 --> 02:53:19,175 PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED, 4207 02:53:19,175 --> 02:53:21,343 AND FOR EXAMPLE WE'RE IN 4208 02:53:21,343 --> 02:53:23,145 DISCUSSIONS WITH PRIMED A.I. 4209 02:53:23,145 --> 02:53:25,047 ABOUT ELEMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM 4210 02:53:25,047 --> 02:53:26,582 POSSIBLY IF WE COULD PENETRATE 4211 02:53:26,582 --> 02:53:32,254 COMMON FUND WITH SOME ELEMENTS 4212 02:53:32,254 --> 02:53:33,622 OF A COMMON FUND PROGRAM 4213 02:53:33,622 --> 02:53:35,624 CAPTURED THROUGH THE INNOVATION 4214 02:53:35,624 --> 02:53:39,662 FUNNEL WE COULD BE LASTING WAY 4215 02:53:39,662 --> 02:53:40,229 TRANSFORMATIONAL ACROSS MANY 4216 02:53:40,229 --> 02:53:40,829 SECTORS, ACROSS THE NIH. 4217 02:53:40,829 --> 02:53:46,001 WHICH IS PART OF OUR GOAL, AND 4218 02:53:46,001 --> 02:53:48,304 THEN OBVIOUS BENEFITS AS TODD 4219 02:53:48,304 --> 02:53:51,040 LAID OUT ARE IMPRESSIVE. 4220 02:53:51,040 --> 02:53:52,908 I'LL STOP THERE FROM THE 4221 02:53:52,908 --> 02:53:55,010 PERSONAL BENEFIT POINT OF VIEW 4222 02:53:55,010 --> 02:53:56,946 AND THE IMPACT ON OUR COLLEAGUES 4223 02:53:56,946 --> 02:53:59,648 ACROSS NIH. 4224 02:53:59,648 --> 02:54:03,118 4225 02:54:03,118 --> 02:54:03,619 >> THANKS. 4226 02:54:03,619 --> 02:54:04,086 >> THANK YOU, TODD. 4227 02:54:04,086 --> 02:54:05,854 THAT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. 4228 02:54:05,854 --> 02:54:08,624 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4229 02:54:08,624 --> 02:54:12,728 SO BEING AN ALUM OF THE NSFI 4230 02:54:12,728 --> 02:54:14,363 CORE PROGRAM, I APPRECIATE THE 4231 02:54:14,363 --> 02:54:15,931 TREMENDOUS KIND OF SCOPE OF 4232 02:54:15,931 --> 02:54:18,234 EVERYTHING, AND YOU REALLY HAVE 4233 02:54:18,234 --> 02:54:19,368 THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 4234 02:54:19,368 --> 02:54:20,836 I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS OR 4235 02:54:20,836 --> 02:54:21,103 COMMENTS. 4236 02:54:21,103 --> 02:54:25,341 ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE QUESTION 4237 02:54:25,341 --> 02:54:27,810 OF HOW MUCH I THINK YOU AT 4238 02:54:27,810 --> 02:54:29,511 NIBIB, YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF 4239 02:54:29,511 --> 02:54:31,747 YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE 4240 02:54:31,747 --> 02:54:33,749 DIFFERENT PROJECTS, SO YOU CAN 4241 02:54:33,749 --> 02:54:35,150 COMPARE AND CONTRAST BECAUSE 4242 02:54:35,150 --> 02:54:37,386 USUALLY WHAT THE COMPANIES I 4243 02:54:37,386 --> 02:54:38,520 WOULD GUESS HAVE COMPETITIVE, 4244 02:54:38,520 --> 02:54:39,822 YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE THEY DON'T 4245 02:54:39,822 --> 02:54:43,259 WANT TO SHARE THAT MUCH 4246 02:54:43,259 --> 02:54:45,294 INFORMATION OR I.P. 4247 02:54:45,294 --> 02:54:47,529 FIRST QUESTION IS RELATED TO, 4248 02:54:47,529 --> 02:54:49,431 YOU KNOW, COMMONALITIES, 4249 02:54:49,431 --> 02:54:54,770 BARRIERS THEY FIND LET'S SAY FOR 4250 02:54:54,770 --> 02:54:56,038 REGULATION FOR FDA, YOU 4251 02:54:56,038 --> 02:54:57,139 MENTIONED SOME THINGS WHERE YOU 4252 02:54:57,139 --> 02:54:59,975 BROKE IT DOWN AND SAID YOU COULD 4253 02:54:59,975 --> 02:55:02,278 ACCELERATE BY READING IN THE FDA 4254 02:55:02,278 --> 02:55:04,246 EARLY ON, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 4255 02:55:04,246 --> 02:55:06,515 BUT WONDERING IF THERE WAS MORE 4256 02:55:06,515 --> 02:55:08,651 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS THAT YOU 4257 02:55:08,651 --> 02:55:10,286 FOUND THAT WERE COMMON THAT 4258 02:55:10,286 --> 02:55:11,820 REALLY REQUIRED A POLICY CHANGE 4259 02:55:11,820 --> 02:55:13,689 SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION. 4260 02:55:13,689 --> 02:55:14,757 SECONDS QUESTION THIS IS GREAT 4261 02:55:14,757 --> 02:55:16,859 FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT I'M THINKING 4262 02:55:16,859 --> 02:55:18,727 ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THERAPIES 4263 02:55:18,727 --> 02:55:20,562 MORE, WHICH REQUIRE LET'S SAY 4264 02:55:20,562 --> 02:55:22,331 MORE INVOLVED CLINICAL TRIALS, 4265 02:55:22,331 --> 02:55:25,801 WHICH ARE MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, 4266 02:55:25,801 --> 02:55:26,502 MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, WONDERING 4267 02:55:26,502 --> 02:55:28,637 IF YOUR THOUGHT OF EXPANDING OUT 4268 02:55:28,637 --> 02:55:34,176 TO THAT ASPECT AS WELL, TWO 4269 02:55:34,176 --> 02:55:34,943 QUESTIONS. 4270 02:55:34,943 --> 02:55:35,311 >> SURE, YES. 4271 02:55:35,311 --> 02:55:38,347 THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 4272 02:55:38,347 --> 02:55:39,648 YEAH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS 4273 02:55:39,648 --> 02:55:42,985 TO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION. 4274 02:55:42,985 --> 02:55:44,787 WE DID FIND A LOT OF ECONOMIES 4275 02:55:44,787 --> 02:55:48,357 OF SCALE WHEN YOU'RE TARGETING 4276 02:55:48,357 --> 02:55:48,957 ONE CLINICAL AREA. 4277 02:55:48,957 --> 02:55:50,893 AND HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPETITORS 4278 02:55:50,893 --> 02:55:55,064 COMPETING IN THE SAME SPACE, 4279 02:55:55,064 --> 02:55:56,732 THERE'S A HOST OF STRUCTURES 4280 02:55:56,732 --> 02:55:57,633 THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM TO MAKE 4281 02:55:57,633 --> 02:55:59,935 SURE INFORMATION IS PROTECTED IN 4282 02:55:59,935 --> 02:56:00,569 THAT WAY. 4283 02:56:00,569 --> 02:56:04,640 AND I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON 4284 02:56:04,640 --> 02:56:06,942 THAT BUT, YES, THE TWO-WAY 4285 02:56:06,942 --> 02:56:08,510 COMMUNICATION WITH FDA DID 4286 02:56:08,510 --> 02:56:09,578 INFLUENCE POLICY BOTH WITHIN NIH 4287 02:56:09,578 --> 02:56:12,181 AND THE FDA AS WE LEARNED MORE, 4288 02:56:12,181 --> 02:56:14,616 AS LARGELY BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC 4289 02:56:14,616 --> 02:56:15,484 WAS A DYNAMIC SITUATION, ALL 4290 02:56:15,484 --> 02:56:18,454 LEARNING ON THE FLY. 4291 02:56:18,454 --> 02:56:20,489 BUT FEED FORWARD INFORMATION 4292 02:56:20,489 --> 02:56:22,124 ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WERE IN THE 4293 02:56:22,124 --> 02:56:22,991 PIPELINE, WHAT THE FDA WAS 4294 02:56:22,991 --> 02:56:28,664 LIKELY TO SEE IN A A FEW MONTH, 4295 02:56:28,664 --> 02:56:31,367 SEEING CHALLENGES, ISSUES WITH 4296 02:56:31,367 --> 02:56:32,267 TESTING, ASSAYS, DEVICES, TO GET 4297 02:56:32,267 --> 02:56:35,270 THAT IN FRONT OF THE FDA FOR 4298 02:56:35,270 --> 02:56:37,172 THEIR CONSIDERATION, ALSO PLAN 4299 02:56:37,172 --> 02:56:38,273 VARIOUS STUDIES IN OTHER THINGS 4300 02:56:38,273 --> 02:56:40,509 THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO 4301 02:56:40,509 --> 02:56:43,212 UNLOCK SOME OF THAT NEW 4302 02:56:43,212 --> 02:56:44,580 INFORMATION. 4303 02:56:44,580 --> 02:56:48,384 YES, THERE WAS A LOT OF 4304 02:56:48,384 --> 02:56:49,051 COLLABORATION ENSURING THAT 4305 02:56:49,051 --> 02:56:52,221 HAPPENS ON A TARGETED NARROW 4306 02:56:52,221 --> 02:56:54,423 PATH AS FAR AS SCOPE AND 4307 02:56:54,423 --> 02:56:56,625 RESOURCES DEDICATED TO THAT. 4308 02:56:56,625 --> 02:56:58,794 THAT'S PART OF THE ACCELERATION 4309 02:56:58,794 --> 02:56:59,928 ASPECT OF IT. 4310 02:56:59,928 --> 02:57:02,131 SORRY, THE SECOND QUESTION WAS 4311 02:57:02,131 --> 02:57:02,531 -- 4312 02:57:02,531 --> 02:57:03,632 >> CLINICAL TRIALS. 4313 02:57:03,632 --> 02:57:05,701 THE SECOND QUESTION WAS MORE 4314 02:57:05,701 --> 02:57:07,369 LIKE -- 4315 02:57:07,369 --> 02:57:08,337 >> THERAPEUTICS. 4316 02:57:08,337 --> 02:57:09,638 >> DIAGNOSTICS, WITH THERAPY, A 4317 02:57:09,638 --> 02:57:12,307 LOT OF COMPANIES ACTUALLY FALL 4318 02:57:12,307 --> 02:57:14,443 FLAT BECAUSE THE CLINICAL TRIAL 4319 02:57:14,443 --> 02:57:16,445 IS SO EXPENSIVE, SO MANY ISSUES, 4320 02:57:16,445 --> 02:57:18,647 IT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE. 4321 02:57:18,647 --> 02:57:21,316 I'M WONDERING IT SEEMS LIKE THAT 4322 02:57:21,316 --> 02:57:26,121 IS ALSO RIPE FOR THIS KIND OF 4323 02:57:26,121 --> 02:57:27,423 APPROACH TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, 4324 02:57:27,423 --> 02:57:28,724 HAVE CHECKLISTS AND THINGS LIKE 4325 02:57:28,724 --> 02:57:30,959 YOU SAID. 4326 02:57:30,959 --> 02:57:33,128 I REALLY LOVE MORE SYSTEMATIC 4327 02:57:33,128 --> 02:57:34,663 APPROACH I GUESS, WONDERING IF 4328 02:57:34,663 --> 02:57:41,270 YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT LIKE 4329 02:57:41,270 --> 02:57:42,805 GOING BEYOND DIAGNOSTICS. 4330 02:57:42,805 --> 02:57:44,640 >> WE BRANCHED OUT, IN OTHER 4331 02:57:44,640 --> 02:57:45,574 TIMES OF DEVICES. 4332 02:57:45,574 --> 02:57:49,645 TO DATE ALL IN THE MEDICAL 4333 02:57:49,645 --> 02:57:52,848 DEVICE SPACE, CDRH SPACE AT THE 4334 02:57:52,848 --> 02:57:53,015 FDA. 4335 02:57:53,015 --> 02:57:55,918 WE HAVEN'T PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT 4336 02:57:55,918 --> 02:57:56,618 IN THERAPEUTICS YET. 4337 02:57:56,618 --> 02:57:59,521 WE BELIEVE THIS IS A PLATFORM, 4338 02:57:59,521 --> 02:58:00,789 AS WAS MENTIONED, THESE VARIOUS 4339 02:58:00,789 --> 02:58:03,592 COMPONENTS COULD BE USED FOR ANY 4340 02:58:03,592 --> 02:58:04,726 TYPE OF PROJECT, ACCELERATE 4341 02:58:04,726 --> 02:58:05,961 PROJECTS, MAY BE ON DIFFERENT 4342 02:58:05,961 --> 02:58:06,962 TIME SCALES LIKE YOU MENTIONED, 4343 02:58:06,962 --> 02:58:09,398 IF THE TRIALS ARE MORE COMPLEX 4344 02:58:09,398 --> 02:58:11,633 AND EXTENSIVE BUT I THINK AS 4345 02:58:11,633 --> 02:58:12,768 ENGINEERS WHO LOVE TO SOLVE 4346 02:58:12,768 --> 02:58:14,069 PROBLEMS WE WOULDN'T SHY AWAY 4347 02:58:14,069 --> 02:58:20,809 AND WOULD LOVE TO TACKLE THAT IN 4348 02:58:20,809 --> 02:58:23,645 THE FUTURE. 4349 02:58:23,645 --> 02:58:27,382 >> WITH SORT OF PROGRESS IN 4350 02:58:27,382 --> 02:58:28,016 BIOMATERIALS, BIOMANUFACTURING, 4351 02:58:28,016 --> 02:58:32,688 AND THE SORT OF REDUCTION TO 4352 02:58:32,688 --> 02:58:37,759 PRACTICE OF BESPOKE KIND OF THE 4353 02:58:37,759 --> 02:58:42,498 BIG EXAMPLES ARE CAR T OR OTHER 4354 02:58:42,498 --> 02:58:43,699 TYPES OF CELL CONJUGATES THAT 4355 02:58:43,699 --> 02:58:47,169 CAN BE FASHIONED IN A CUSTOMER 4356 02:58:47,169 --> 02:58:49,838 BESPOKE WAY FROM INDIVIDUAL 4357 02:58:49,838 --> 02:58:51,907 PATIENTS, INCREASINGLY SORT OF 4358 02:58:51,907 --> 02:58:55,077 WORKED OUT IN EFFICIENT AND 4359 02:58:55,077 --> 02:58:56,111 REPRODUCIBLE FORMATS IN 4360 02:58:56,111 --> 02:58:59,581 HOSPITALS, SO THESE THINGS ARE 4361 02:58:59,581 --> 02:59:00,549 BEING DELIVERED IN MEDICAL 4362 02:59:00,549 --> 02:59:02,684 CENTERS FOR -- AND YOU CAN NAME 4363 02:59:02,684 --> 02:59:06,288 A COUPLE, I'M THINKING OF BAYLOR 4364 02:59:06,288 --> 02:59:07,956 IS INVOLVED, MAYBE TEXAS 4365 02:59:07,956 --> 02:59:11,560 METHODIST, I'VE SEEN 4366 02:59:11,560 --> 02:59:13,662 PRESENTATIONS FROM YOUR 4367 02:59:13,662 --> 02:59:14,730 COLLEAGUES, JOYCE, THAT SUGGEST 4368 02:59:14,730 --> 02:59:17,933 SOME THINGS ARE READY TO ROLL 4369 02:59:17,933 --> 02:59:18,100 OUT. 4370 02:59:18,100 --> 02:59:18,433 >> YES. 4371 02:59:18,433 --> 02:59:20,402 >> IN BESPOKE DELIVERY PLATFORMS 4372 02:59:20,402 --> 02:59:23,238 FOR INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS. 4373 02:59:23,238 --> 02:59:24,172 USING GENERALIZABLE PRINCIPLES. 4374 02:59:24,172 --> 02:59:26,008 AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE 4375 02:59:26,008 --> 02:59:26,975 FRONTIER COMES. 4376 02:59:26,975 --> 02:59:28,844 WE LOOK TO YOU AND YOUR 4377 02:59:28,844 --> 02:59:31,179 COLLEAGUES FOR GUIDANCE ON THAT 4378 02:59:31,179 --> 02:59:34,082 BECAUSE IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSION 4379 02:59:34,082 --> 02:59:39,421 ABOUT OFFSHORING OR ONSHORING WE 4380 02:59:39,421 --> 02:59:40,989 CAN'T KEEP OUR EYES OFF THE 4381 02:59:40,989 --> 02:59:41,256 BALL. 4382 02:59:41,256 --> 02:59:46,828 THERE'S STUFF HAPPENING IN FRONT 4383 02:59:46,828 --> 02:59:48,130 OF US BIOMANUFACTURING GROWTH 4384 02:59:48,130 --> 02:59:49,431 AND POTENTIAL AND OPPORTUNITY, 4385 02:59:49,431 --> 02:59:52,834 AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE OBSESS OVER 4386 02:59:52,834 --> 02:59:54,369 ALL THE OLD THINGS WE'RE GOING 4387 02:59:54,369 --> 02:59:56,638 TO LOSE THE NEW INNOVATION 4388 02:59:56,638 --> 02:59:57,839 CUTTING EDGE THINGS. 4389 02:59:57,839 --> 03:00:00,409 WE ACTUALLY REALLY NEED TO COME 4390 03:00:00,409 --> 03:00:03,378 TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AS A 4391 03:00:03,378 --> 03:00:04,613 COUNCIL, TO REALLY IDENTIFY 4392 03:00:04,613 --> 03:00:06,081 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 4393 03:00:06,081 --> 03:00:09,551 >> WHAT COMES TO MIND IS THE 4394 03:00:09,551 --> 03:00:11,620 DIGITAL TWIN OR PHANTOMS, I 4395 03:00:11,620 --> 03:00:14,923 GUESS TALKING ABOUT PHANTOM 4396 03:00:14,923 --> 03:00:16,058 RESOURCE FOR IMAGING, A.I. WOULD 4397 03:00:16,058 --> 03:00:17,826 COME IN TO THAT AS WELL. 4398 03:00:17,826 --> 03:00:22,998 PEOPLE ALREADY ARE DOING THAT 4399 03:00:22,998 --> 03:00:27,169 WITH 4D, 4D-PRINTED OR KIND OF 4400 03:00:27,169 --> 03:00:28,036 DIGITAL TWIN THINGS. 4401 03:00:28,036 --> 03:00:35,110 I LOVE HOW YOU ADDED 4402 03:00:35,110 --> 03:00:41,316 BIOMATERIALS, FANTASTIC TYING TO 4403 03:00:41,316 --> 03:00:42,718 R01 AND R21. 4404 03:00:42,718 --> 03:00:43,752 >> I WASN'T INVOLVED WITH THIS. 4405 03:00:43,752 --> 03:00:47,723 I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF WHAT 4406 03:00:47,723 --> 03:00:49,925 HAPPENED WITH COVID DIRECTLY, 4407 03:00:49,925 --> 03:00:51,226 BUT THE INDEPENDENT TEST 4408 03:00:51,226 --> 03:00:52,094 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM IS REALLY A 4409 03:00:52,094 --> 03:00:55,631 BIG THING FOR THE AGENCY TO PUT 4410 03:00:55,631 --> 03:00:57,699 CONSISTENCY IN HOW THE 4411 03:00:57,699 --> 03:00:59,534 EVALUATIONS WITH DONE, HAVING IT 4412 03:00:59,534 --> 03:01:04,172 DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT GROUP HAS 4413 03:01:04,172 --> 03:01:04,439 VALUE. 4414 03:01:04,439 --> 03:01:06,408 DOING EXPECT COMPARISONS, A.I. 4415 03:01:06,408 --> 03:01:10,912 AND SO FORTH, 510(K), DIRECT 4416 03:01:10,912 --> 03:01:12,547 COMPARISONS CAN MINIMIZE THE 4417 03:01:12,547 --> 03:01:14,383 EXTENT OF DATA NEEDED, NUMBER OF 4418 03:01:14,383 --> 03:01:15,550 PATIENTS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF 4419 03:01:15,550 --> 03:01:15,851 VALUE. 4420 03:01:15,851 --> 03:01:16,952 IT HELPS INDUSTRY TO BE 4421 03:01:16,952 --> 03:01:17,753 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY ARE 4422 03:01:17,753 --> 03:01:22,057 DOING SO WE DON'TS HAVE TO GET 4423 03:01:22,057 --> 03:01:24,693 FIVE THINGS AND FIX ON THE BACK 4424 03:01:24,693 --> 03:01:24,860 END. 4425 03:01:24,860 --> 03:01:26,294 THAT PART FROM THE AGENCY IS ONE 4426 03:01:26,294 --> 03:01:28,130 OF THE HUGE ADVANTAGES. 4427 03:01:28,130 --> 03:01:30,065 CERTAINLY CAN BE REPLICATED IN 4428 03:01:30,065 --> 03:01:31,566 OTHER AREAS BEYOND JUST THESE 4429 03:01:31,566 --> 03:01:33,235 TYPES OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS BUT 4430 03:01:33,235 --> 03:01:35,504 MOVE INTO A.I., POTENTIALLY INTO 4431 03:01:35,504 --> 03:01:38,106 SOME, AT LEAST IN OUR CASE, 4432 03:01:38,106 --> 03:01:39,307 DEVICE THERAPEUTICS AS WELL 4433 03:01:39,307 --> 03:01:39,741 POTENTIALLY. 4434 03:01:39,741 --> 03:01:43,679 IT'S REALLY -- THAT PART IS 4435 03:01:43,679 --> 03:01:45,580 USEFUL FOR FDA. 4436 03:01:45,580 --> 03:01:46,782 >> WE NEED YOUR HELP. 4437 03:01:46,782 --> 03:01:50,052 EVERYONE WE TALKED TO AT FDA IS 4438 03:01:50,052 --> 03:01:52,120 VERY EXCITED AND RECEPTIVE BUT 4439 03:01:52,120 --> 03:01:54,256 WE'RE ALSO IN A MOMENT WHERE 4440 03:01:54,256 --> 03:01:58,226 EVERYONE IS A LITTLE BIT SORT OF 4441 03:01:58,226 --> 03:02:01,797 SHAKEN UP, JARRED, MOVED AWAY 4442 03:02:01,797 --> 03:02:03,999 FROM OUR ORIGINAL TRAJECTORIES, 4443 03:02:03,999 --> 03:02:05,500 YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, THAT WE 4444 03:02:05,500 --> 03:02:08,670 THOUGHT WERE QUITE CLEAR BACK IN 4445 03:02:08,670 --> 03:02:08,870 2024. 4446 03:02:08,870 --> 03:02:10,372 I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO WORK 4447 03:02:10,372 --> 03:02:14,376 HARD TO GET BACK ON TO THOSE AND 4448 03:02:14,376 --> 03:02:15,744 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE 4449 03:02:15,744 --> 03:02:17,846 SUCCESSES AND CONTINUE TO MOVE 4450 03:02:17,846 --> 03:02:18,980 FORWARD. 4451 03:02:18,980 --> 03:02:21,016 KIND OF PUSH THE ENVELOPE. 4452 03:02:21,016 --> 03:02:23,652 IT'S INTERESTING THAT OUR 4453 03:02:23,652 --> 03:02:26,588 CUSTOMERS, TODD WITH TALK TO 4454 03:02:26,588 --> 03:02:28,423 THIS, ARE BIG LIKE WE HAVE ALL 4455 03:02:28,423 --> 03:02:30,525 THE BIG COMPANIES WITH STRONG 4456 03:02:30,525 --> 03:02:31,193 REGULATORY GROUPS WANTING TO 4457 03:02:31,193 --> 03:02:33,695 WORK IN THIS AS WELL AS SMALL 4458 03:02:33,695 --> 03:02:34,296 ONES. 4459 03:02:34,296 --> 03:02:36,364 SO I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO 4460 03:02:36,364 --> 03:02:39,267 THE VALUE ADD THAT IT BRINGS, 4461 03:02:39,267 --> 03:02:43,638 YOU KNOW, EVEN TO WELL RESOURCED 4462 03:02:43,638 --> 03:02:47,275 ORGANIZATIONS, MATURE, YOU KNOW, 4463 03:02:47,275 --> 03:02:50,779 FINDING THAT THERE'S ENORMOUS 4464 03:02:50,779 --> 03:02:51,546 BENEFIT TO THAT INDEPENDENT 4465 03:02:51,546 --> 03:02:56,284 APPROACH THAT BOTH THE FDA AND 4466 03:02:56,284 --> 03:02:59,254 COMMERCIAL ENTITY REALLY LIKE. 4467 03:02:59,254 --> 03:03:00,255 >> YEAH, AND JUST GENERALLY THE 4468 03:03:00,255 --> 03:03:02,958 FDA HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH 4469 03:03:02,958 --> 03:03:03,725 TRANSITIONS AND DOWNSIZING AND 4470 03:03:03,725 --> 03:03:04,793 OTHER THINGS. 4471 03:03:04,793 --> 03:03:08,430 SO WE ARE I THINK GETTING A 4472 03:03:08,430 --> 03:03:09,664 LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHATEVER 4473 03:03:09,664 --> 03:03:11,500 THE NEW NORMAL IS AS WE MOVE 4474 03:03:11,500 --> 03:03:11,733 FORWARD. 4475 03:03:11,733 --> 03:03:13,568 OPPORTUNITIES ARE THINGS AS WE 4476 03:03:13,568 --> 03:03:14,603 MOVE FORWARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO 4477 03:03:14,603 --> 03:03:16,738 AT LEAST TALK ABOUT IT MORE IN 4478 03:03:16,738 --> 03:03:27,249 DETAIL AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. 4479 03:03:28,450 --> 03:03:31,353 >> RAPHAEL? 4480 03:03:31,353 --> 03:03:31,887 >> CONGRATULATIONS. 4481 03:03:31,887 --> 03:03:33,054 FORMIDABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. 4482 03:03:33,054 --> 03:03:33,388 IT'S GREAT. 4483 03:03:33,388 --> 03:03:35,690 WHAT I ALSO SEE AS IN ADDITION 4484 03:03:35,690 --> 03:03:40,662 TO ALL THE THINGS SAID, THAT 4485 03:03:40,662 --> 03:03:41,963 PROGRAMS LIKE THIS CHANGE, HAVE 4486 03:03:41,963 --> 03:03:45,167 THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE 4487 03:03:45,167 --> 03:03:48,069 PUBLIC IMAGE THAT THE INVESTMENT 4488 03:03:48,069 --> 03:03:51,940 IN NIH HAS BOTH LONG TERM AND 4489 03:03:51,940 --> 03:03:53,074 SHORT TERM RETURNS. 4490 03:03:53,074 --> 03:03:56,511 AND THIS KIND OF A THING, NIH I 4491 03:03:56,511 --> 03:04:00,582 DON'T THINK ANYONE THINKS OF AS 4492 03:04:00,582 --> 03:04:01,550 A TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR. 4493 03:04:01,550 --> 03:04:03,385 BUT I THINK HAVING THAT AS A 4494 03:04:03,385 --> 03:04:07,622 PART OF IT REALLY HELPS. 4495 03:04:07,622 --> 03:04:08,356 AND, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, 4496 03:04:08,356 --> 03:04:10,358 GREAT PRESENTATION. 4497 03:04:10,358 --> 03:04:12,561 >> APPRECIATE THAT. 4498 03:04:12,561 --> 03:04:17,666 THANK YOU, RAPHAEL. 4499 03:04:17,666 --> 03:04:19,634 >> SO RAPHAEL YOU'RE STIMULATING 4500 03:04:19,634 --> 03:04:24,206 A SMALL OBSCURE FACT, ANN HAS 4501 03:04:24,206 --> 03:04:27,542 WORKED WITH ME SINCE I CAME, ONE 4502 03:04:27,542 --> 03:04:28,777 OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I ASKED, 4503 03:04:28,777 --> 03:04:32,347 HOW MUCH DO ALL THE OTHER 4504 03:04:32,347 --> 03:04:34,816 INSTITUTES INVEST IN 4505 03:04:34,816 --> 03:04:35,183 BIOENGINEERING? 4506 03:04:35,183 --> 03:04:38,119 I FEEL LIKE NIH IS A PRETTY 4507 03:04:38,119 --> 03:04:39,221 STRONG TECHNOLOGY AGENCY BUT 4508 03:04:39,221 --> 03:04:40,021 NOBODY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T 4509 03:04:40,021 --> 03:04:41,590 THINK OF IT LIKE THAT. 4510 03:04:41,590 --> 03:04:42,224 IT'S BIOLOGY. 4511 03:04:42,224 --> 03:04:45,327 IT'S MEDICINE. 4512 03:04:45,327 --> 03:04:48,163 IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH. 4513 03:04:48,163 --> 03:04:51,132 BUT TODD? 4514 03:04:51,132 --> 03:04:52,300 THE ANSWER? 4515 03:04:52,300 --> 03:04:54,202 >> YOUR QUESTION, DO YOU 4516 03:04:54,202 --> 03:04:54,836 REMEMBER? 4517 03:04:54,836 --> 03:04:58,240 I THINK IN 2019, WELL, ANYWAY, 4518 03:04:58,240 --> 03:05:03,678 2023 THE MOST RECENT DATA FROM 4519 03:05:03,678 --> 03:05:08,316 YOUR TEAM, FROM JENNIFER, IS 14% 4520 03:05:08,316 --> 03:05:11,119 OF THE NIH BUDGET. 4521 03:05:11,119 --> 03:05:15,724 $7 BILLION ALL ACROSS THE 4522 03:05:15,724 --> 03:05:16,124 INSTITUTES -- 4523 03:05:16,124 --> 03:05:20,662 [CROSSTALK] 4524 03:05:20,662 --> 03:05:21,363 4525 03:05:21,363 --> 03:05:22,731 >> THAT'S AMAZING. 4526 03:05:22,731 --> 03:05:22,998 >> YEAH. 4527 03:05:22,998 --> 03:05:26,301 >> TODD AND HIS TEAM ARE IT'S 4528 03:05:26,301 --> 03:05:27,535 CONSERVATORS OF THAT STATISTIC. 4529 03:05:27,535 --> 03:05:35,644 I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IF IT GOES 4530 03:05:35,644 --> 03:05:39,814 DOWN. 4531 03:05:39,814 --> 03:05:40,348 >> OKAY. 4532 03:05:40,348 --> 03:05:43,985 THANK YOU, TODD. 4533 03:05:43,985 --> 03:05:45,320 I'M SORRY, WILBUR? 4534 03:05:45,320 --> 03:05:46,855 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 4535 03:05:46,855 --> 03:05:49,057 TODD, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOUR 4536 03:05:49,057 --> 03:05:50,792 PRESENTATION ON KIND OF THE FLIP 4537 03:05:50,792 --> 03:05:54,362 SIDE OF THINGS. 4538 03:05:54,362 --> 03:05:57,499 SO, A COUPLE OF POINTS FOR YOU 4539 03:05:57,499 --> 03:05:59,668 AND BRUCE THAT FROM OUR 4540 03:05:59,668 --> 03:06:01,836 PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I TALK ABOUT 4541 03:06:01,836 --> 03:06:04,940 RADx SOMETIMES I GET PUSHBACK. 4542 03:06:04,940 --> 03:06:07,842 YEAH, SURE, IT COSTS A BAJILLION 4543 03:06:07,842 --> 03:06:09,477 CZARS, OF COURSE YOU CAN DO COOL 4544 03:06:09,477 --> 03:06:10,178 THINGS WITH THAT. 4545 03:06:10,178 --> 03:06:12,147 I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED WITH 4546 03:06:12,147 --> 03:06:13,682 RADx A LOT OF TENETS CAN BE 4547 03:06:13,682 --> 03:06:15,850 SCALED DOWN AND STILL BE VERY 4548 03:06:15,850 --> 03:06:16,751 EFFECTIVE AND VALUABLE. 4549 03:06:16,751 --> 03:06:18,186 AS YOU KNOW YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT 4550 03:06:18,186 --> 03:06:21,022 SOME OTHER PROGRAMS. 4551 03:06:21,022 --> 03:06:22,223 THEY DON'T HAVE SPINOFF 4552 03:06:22,223 --> 03:06:24,225 PROGRAMS, DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET 4553 03:06:24,225 --> 03:06:25,827 THE ORIGINAL RADX-TECH PROGRAM 4554 03:06:25,827 --> 03:06:27,462 WITH BUT YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO 4555 03:06:27,462 --> 03:06:30,065 MAINTAIN A LOT OF THE PROCESSES 4556 03:06:30,065 --> 03:06:31,933 AND A LOT OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES. 4557 03:06:31,933 --> 03:06:34,602 AND THEY BRING A LOT OF VALUE. 4558 03:06:34,602 --> 03:06:38,640 WE AT EMORY, WE'RE APPLYING A 4559 03:06:38,640 --> 03:06:39,808 LOT OF THESE VERIFICATION MODELS 4560 03:06:39,808 --> 03:06:41,376 FOR EXAMPLE WHEN OUR DEAN WANTS 4561 03:06:41,376 --> 03:06:42,577 TO INVEST IN INNOVATION 4562 03:06:42,577 --> 03:06:46,047 PROJECTS, SO WE SAY, OKAY, LET'S 4563 03:06:46,047 --> 03:06:46,815 INSERT A TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION 4564 03:06:46,815 --> 03:06:49,718 STEP INTO IT BECAUSE IT CAN HELP 4565 03:06:49,718 --> 03:06:52,654 YOU DECIDE WHAT TO FUND, WHAT TO 4566 03:06:52,654 --> 03:06:54,055 RE-UP, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY 4567 03:06:54,055 --> 03:06:54,489 IMPORTANT. 4568 03:06:54,489 --> 03:06:57,459 IT'S VERY COST EFFECTIVE. 4569 03:06:57,459 --> 03:06:59,627 THAT'S THE SECOND POINT IN THE 4570 03:06:59,627 --> 03:07:02,030 MIDST OF THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT 4571 03:07:02,030 --> 03:07:02,897 NIH BEING MORE EFFICIENT AND SO 4572 03:07:02,897 --> 03:07:03,398 FORTH. 4573 03:07:03,398 --> 03:07:05,100 I THINK THIS COULD BE PART OF 4574 03:07:05,100 --> 03:07:05,367 IT, RIGHT? 4575 03:07:05,367 --> 03:07:08,870 A LOT OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS 4576 03:07:08,870 --> 03:07:10,472 ACTUALLY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY, 4577 03:07:10,472 --> 03:07:12,640 IMPROVING COST EFFECTIVENESS, IN 4578 03:07:12,640 --> 03:07:15,577 TERMS OF, BRUCE, YOU USED THAT 4579 03:07:15,577 --> 03:07:16,611 PHRASE, FORCING FAST FAILURE 4580 03:07:16,611 --> 03:07:19,547 THAT CREATES QUITE A BIT OF 4581 03:07:19,547 --> 03:07:21,649 VALUE, THINGS WE CAN REMEMBER 4582 03:07:21,649 --> 03:07:23,618 AND MOVING FORWARD CAN BE SCALED 4583 03:07:23,618 --> 03:07:26,921 DOWN OR UP AS NEEDED. 4584 03:07:26,921 --> 03:07:29,991 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, WILBUR. 4585 03:07:29,991 --> 03:07:30,625 EXCELLENT POINT. 4586 03:07:30,625 --> 03:07:32,761 I TRIED TO MAKE THAT CLEANLY AT 4587 03:07:32,761 --> 03:07:34,896 THE END AS FAR AS THIS 4588 03:07:34,896 --> 03:07:36,798 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE IN-KIND 4589 03:07:36,798 --> 03:07:38,533 SUPPORT, SOME PROCESSES, WHAT 4590 03:07:38,533 --> 03:07:39,634 DRIVES THE ACCELERATION, SO YOU 4591 03:07:39,634 --> 03:07:41,936 CAN THINK OF IT AS, YES, YOU 4592 03:07:41,936 --> 03:07:44,139 NEED MORE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT 4593 03:07:44,139 --> 03:07:45,373 ALL THESE ACTIVITIES BUT IF YOU 4594 03:07:45,373 --> 03:07:49,944 THINK OF LET'S SAY YOU GIVE FIVE 4595 03:07:49,944 --> 03:07:51,112 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO A TEAM 4596 03:07:51,112 --> 03:07:52,881 VERSUS ONE MILLION AND SPENDING 4597 03:07:52,881 --> 03:07:54,649 FOUR MILLION ON OTHER RESOURCES, 4598 03:07:54,649 --> 03:07:56,451 CAN YOU GO FASTER AND FARTHER 4599 03:07:56,451 --> 03:07:59,621 WITH THAT TYPE OF MODEL. 4600 03:07:59,621 --> 03:08:01,423 THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN. 4601 03:08:01,423 --> 03:08:06,861 WE'VE WORKED PART OF THIS 4602 03:08:06,861 --> 03:08:09,597 OPTIMIZATION OF THESE DIFFERENT 4603 03:08:09,597 --> 03:08:10,598 MECHANISMS WITHIN RADx, WOULD 4604 03:08:10,598 --> 03:08:12,267 STRIVE TO DO THAT, DRIVE THE 4605 03:08:12,267 --> 03:08:14,869 COST OF THE OVERALL 4606 03:08:14,869 --> 03:08:16,037 INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN BUT STILL 4607 03:08:16,037 --> 03:08:16,704 MAINTAINING SOME LEVEL OF 4608 03:08:16,704 --> 03:08:17,906 ACCELERATION SO WE FEEL LIKE 4609 03:08:17,906 --> 03:08:22,143 WE'VE DONE THAT AND, AGAIN, WE 4610 03:08:22,143 --> 03:08:24,012 CAN OFFER PRETTY SCALABLE 4611 03:08:24,012 --> 03:08:26,414 SOLUTIONS TO REALLY ANY PROBLEM. 4612 03:08:26,414 --> 03:08:32,253 THANK YOU. 4613 03:08:32,253 --> 03:08:34,322 4614 03:08:34,322 --> 03:08:35,657 >> LAST CALL? 4615 03:08:35,657 --> 03:08:35,957 ALL RIGHT. 4616 03:08:35,957 --> 03:08:37,959 DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR 4617 03:08:37,959 --> 03:08:48,436 IS YOUR HAND UP FROM BEFORE? 4618 03:08:51,439 --> 03:08:55,176 I THINK YOU'RE TALKING? 4619 03:08:55,176 --> 03:08:57,445 >> HE'S ON MUTE. 4620 03:08:57,445 --> 03:08:58,980 >> I APOLOGIZE. 4621 03:08:58,980 --> 03:08:59,581 >> NO WORRIES. 4622 03:08:59,581 --> 03:09:01,983 JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT 4623 03:09:01,983 --> 03:09:05,019 YOU IF YOU DO. 4624 03:09:05,019 --> 03:09:05,787 OKAY. 4625 03:09:05,787 --> 03:09:08,556 SO, THANK YOU, TODD. 4626 03:09:08,556 --> 03:09:09,390 AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE 4627 03:09:09,390 --> 03:09:12,894 TODAY TO TALK TO US. 4628 03:09:12,894 --> 03:09:16,197 SO, THIS CONCLUDES WITH THE OPEN 4629 03:09:16,197 --> 03:09:16,831 SESSION AGENDA. 4630 03:09:16,831 --> 03:09:18,800 SO, AS WE START TO WRAP UP I'D 4631 03:09:18,800 --> 03:09:21,035 LIKE TO THANK OUR COUNCIL 4632 03:09:21,035 --> 03:09:24,706 MEMBERS FOR REALLY THOUGHTFUL 4633 03:09:24,706 --> 03:09:25,106 DISCUSSION TODAY. 4634 03:09:25,106 --> 03:09:27,775 ENGAGING BRUCE AND OTHER 4635 03:09:27,775 --> 03:09:28,243 PRESENTERS. 4636 03:09:28,243 --> 03:09:30,478 FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING THE 4637 03:09:30,478 --> 03:09:33,615 VIDEOCAST WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN 4638 03:09:33,615 --> 03:09:33,882 SEPTEMBER. 4639 03:09:33,882 --> 03:09:35,650 BEFORE WE TRANSITION TO THE 4640 03:09:35,650 --> 03:09:36,985 CLOSED SESSION, I'D LIKE TO 4641 03:09:36,985 --> 03:09:38,720 ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF ALL 4642 03:09:38,720 --> 03:09:42,223 OF THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED 4643 03:09:42,223 --> 03:09:44,826 IN MAKING THIS WORK TODAY. 4644 03:09:44,826 --> 03:09:54,536 AS YOU HEARD BRUCE TALK ABOUT, 4645 03:09:54,536 --> 03:09:56,571 ALL THE HELP ORGANIZING EVERY 4646 03:09:56,571 --> 03:09:58,006 DETAIL OF TODAY'S MEETING AND 4647 03:09:58,006 --> 03:09:59,240 WORKING TO GET EVERYONE 4648 03:09:59,240 --> 03:10:00,909 APPOINTED SO WE HAVE SUCH A 4649 03:10:00,909 --> 03:10:05,647 ROBUST GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH US 4650 03:10:05,647 --> 03:10:07,615 TODAY AND I'VE SHARED WITHOUT 4651 03:10:07,615 --> 03:10:09,884 BOTH OF THEM WE WOULD BE 4652 03:10:09,884 --> 03:10:10,251 COMPLETELY LOST. 4653 03:10:10,251 --> 03:10:12,787 I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE I.T. 4654 03:10:12,787 --> 03:10:15,757 AND VIDEOCAST SUPPORT WE'VE HAD 4655 03:10:15,757 --> 03:10:15,957 TODAY. 4656 03:10:15,957 --> 03:10:17,792 THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN 4657 03:10:17,792 --> 03:10:19,527 ADVANCE PREPARING AND DOING DRY 4658 03:10:19,527 --> 03:10:21,396 RUNS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING 4659 03:10:21,396 --> 03:10:23,598 RUNS SMOOTHLY, BUT THEY ARE 4660 03:10:23,598 --> 03:10:26,367 ALWAYS THERE QUICKLY TO RESOLVE 4661 03:10:26,367 --> 03:10:27,468 ISSUES THAT COME UP. 4662 03:10:27,468 --> 03:10:29,470 WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP. 4663 03:10:29,470 --> 03:10:33,074 ALSO AS BRUCE SAID I'D LIKE TO 4664 03:10:33,074 --> 03:10:40,114 ACKNOWLEDGE THE TREMENDOUS 4665 03:10:40,114 --> 03:10:41,516 EFFORTS OF PUTTING TOGETHER 4666 03:10:41,516 --> 03:10:43,618 BRUCE'S SLIDES, A MASSIVE 4667 03:10:43,618 --> 03:10:46,788 COORDINATION EFFORT AND THEY 4668 03:10:46,788 --> 03:10:49,224 WORK ON SHORT DEADLINES AND DO A 4669 03:10:49,224 --> 03:10:49,757 TREMENDOUS JOB. 4670 03:10:49,757 --> 03:10:54,696 SO THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR 4671 03:10:54,696 --> 03:10:55,563 DOING THAT. 4672 03:10:55,563 --> 03:10:57,732 LASTLY I I THANK DAVID FOR 4673 03:10:57,732 --> 03:10:59,067 COACHING ME THROUGH PREPARING 4674 03:10:59,067 --> 03:10:59,334 FOR TODAY. 4675 03:10:59,334 --> 03:11:01,369 WE HAD THIS WORKED OUT FOR A FEW 4676 03:11:01,369 --> 03:11:02,804 MONTHS AGO BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL 4677 03:11:02,804 --> 03:11:04,439 TAKE IT NOW. 4678 03:11:04,439 --> 03:11:08,509 I FEEL MUCH MORE BATTLE HARDENED 4679 03:11:08,509 --> 03:11:12,547 SINCE THEN. 4680 03:11:12,547 --> 03:11:15,850 SO WITH THAT, WE ARE READY TO 4681 03:11:15,850 --> 03:11:19,454 ADJOURN BEFORE EVERYBODY SIGNS 4682 03:11:19,454 --> 03:11:21,623 OFF WE'LL BEGIN CLOSED SESSION, 4683 03:11:21,623 --> 03:11:23,992 WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF TEN-MINUTE 4684 03:11:23,992 --> 03:11:27,295 BREAK, SO BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE 4685 03:11:27,295 --> 03:11:31,332 HERE 4:30, WE'LL REJOIN AT 4: 40 4686 03:11:31,332 --> 03:11:33,601 WITH A NEW TEAMS LINK YOU'LL 4687 03:11:33,601 --> 03:11:35,536 JOIN ON THAT, AND SO WE'LL SEE 4688 03:11:35,536 --> 03:11:36,871 YOU SHORTLY. 4689 03:11:36,871 --> 03:11:41,376 WITH THAT, THE OPEN SESSION OF 4690 03:11:41,376 --> 03:11:43,411 THE 68 MEETING OF THE NIBIB 4691 03:11:43,411 --> 03:11:44,245 ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. 4692 03:11:44,245 --> 03:11:47,882 SO WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. 4693 03:11:47,882 --> 03:11:48,349 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 4694 03:11:48,349 --> 03:30:02,189 [END OF PROGRAM] 4695 03:30:02,189 --> 03:30:11,098 4696 03:30:11,098 --> 03:30:21,141